Quick Facts
Biography
Robert A. Salerno is an Associate Judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
Education and career
Born in Newark, New Jersey, Salerno graduated from Seton Hall Preparatory School in 1979.
Salerno earned his Bachelor of Arts from Brown University, in 1983, and J.D. from the University of Virginia in 1990.
After graduating law school, Salerno worked in various law firms in Washington, D.C..
D.C. Superior Court
President Barack Obama nominated Salerno on September 29, 2014, to a 15-year term as an associate judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia to the seat vacated by Robert Isaac Richter. On December 3, 2015, the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs held a hearing on his nomination. On December 17, 2015, the Committee reported his nomination favorably to the senate floor and later that day, the Senate confirmed his nomination by voice vote. He was sworn in on March 11, 2016.
Personal life
Salerno has been a reseident of Washington D.C. since 1990 and lives there with his wife Juanita. They have two children.