Carol Dalton

Carol Ann Dalton is a former Magistrate Judge and current Associate Judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.

Education and career

Dalton earned her Bachelor of Arts from City College of New York, Juris Doctor from New York Law School and her Master of Laws degree from George Washington University’s National Law Center.

After graduating, she worked in private practice.

D.C. Superior Court

In April 2002, Dalton was appointed as a magistrate judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia pursuant to the Family Court Act of 2001 which created the seat.

On November 9, 2005, President George W. Bush nominated her to be an associate judge on the same court. Her nomination expired on December 9, 2006, with the end of the 109th United States Congress.

President George W. Bush renominated her on January 9, 2007, to a 15-year term as an associate judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia to the seat vacated by Noël A. Kramer. On July 23, 2008, the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs held a hearing on her nomination. On July 30, 2008, the Committee reported her nomination favorably to the senate floor. On August 1, 2008, the full Senate confirmed her nomination by voice vote.