Quick Facts
Biography
Judith Bartnoff is an associate judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
Education and career
Bartnoff earned her Bachelor of Arts from Radcliffe College, her Juris Doctor from Columbia Law School and her Master of Laws from Georgetown University Law Center.
D.C. Superior Court
On January 28, 1994, President Bill Clinton nominated Bartnoff to a fifteen-year term as an associate judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia to the seat vacated by Eric Holder. On June 29, 1994, the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs held a hearing on her nomination. On July 14, 1994, the Committee reported her nomination favorably to the senate floor. On July 15, 1994, the full Senate confirmed her nomination by voice vote. She was sworn in on August 1, 1994.
On May 18, 2009, the Commission on Judicial Disabilities and Tenure recommended that President Obama reappoint him to second fifteen-year term as a judge on the D.C. Superior Court.