Alfred S. Irving

Alfred S. Irving Jr. is an Associate Judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.

Education and career

Irving earned his B.A. from Wake Forest University, and his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center in 1987.

After graduating, he worked in private practice including at LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae. In 1993, he joined the Justice Department as a Trial Attorney.

D.C. Superior Court

In July 2007, Irving was appointed as a magistrate judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.

President George W. Bush nominated Irving on September 16, 2008, to a 15-year term as an associate judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia to the seat vacated by Mary Ann Gooden Terrell. On November 17, 2008, the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs held a hearing on his nomination. On November 20, 2008, the Committee reported his nomination favorably to the senate floor and later that day, the full Senate confirmed his nomination by voice vote. He was sworn in on December 3, 2008.