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Biography
Anthony C. Epstein is an Associate Judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
Education and career
Epstein earned his Bachelor of Arts from Yale College in 1974, and his Juris Doctor from Yale Law School in 1977.
After graduating, he clerked for District Court for the Northern District of California judge Charles B. Renfrew. In 1981, he started working in private practice. He joined Jenner & Block in 1983 and Steptoe & Johnson in 1999.
D.C. Superior Court
President George W. Bush nominated Epstein 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 Susan Rebecca Holmes. On July 23, 2008, the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs held a hearing on his nomination. On July 30, 2008, the Committee reported his nomination favorably to the senate floor. On August 1, 2008, the full Senate confirmed his nomination by voice vote. He was sworn in on September 8, 2008.