Quick Facts
Biography
John Francis McCabe, Jr. is an Associate Judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
Education and career
McCabe earned his B.A. from Duke University in 1980, and his J.D. from Tulane University Law School in 1986.
McCabe was a staff attorney with the Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia from 1989 to 1990. He worked in the office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia from 1990 to 1998. He then went on to work in the U.S. Attorney's Office in the District of Columbia.
D.C. Superior Court
In October 2002, McCabe was appointed as a magistrate judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia by chief judge Rufus King.
President Barack Obama nominated McCabe on July 11, 2011, to a 15-year term as an associate judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia to the seat vacated by James E. Boasberg. On November 8, 2011, the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs held a hearing on his nomination and on the following day, November 9, 2011, the Committee reported his nomination favorably to the senate floor. On November 18, 2011, the full Senate confirmed his nomination by voice vote. He was sworn in on February 24, 2012.
Personal life
McCabe grew up in New Jersey. In 1989, he moved to Washington D.C. where he's been living since.