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Biography
Erik Patrick Christian is an Associate Judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
Education and career
Christian earned his Bachelor of Arts from Howard University in 1982 and his Juris Doctor from Georgetown University Law Center in 1986.
After graduating, he was a law clerk for Superior Court of the District of Columbia judge Annice M. Wagner.
D.C. Superior Court
President George W. Bush nominated Christian on April 4, 2001, to a fifteen-year term as an associate judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia to the seat vacated by Eugene N. Hamilton. On May 22, 2001, the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs held a hearing on his nomination. On May 23, 2001, the Committee reported his nomination favorably to the senate floor. On May 24, 2001, the full Senate confirmed his nomination by voice vote. He was sworn in on July 20, 2001.
In 2016, following the recommendation of the District of Columbia Commission on Judicial Disabilities and Tenure, President Obama reappointed him for a second fifteen-year term.