WASHINGTON (AP) - District of Columbia Court of Appeals Judge Anna Blackburne-Rigsby will be the court’s next chief judge.
The District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission announced Blackburne-Rigsby’s selection earlier this week. She will take over the role when the current chief judge, Eric T. Washington, steps down in March.
Blackburne-Rigsby was appointed to her current job in 2006 by President George W. Bush. She previously served as a D.C. Superior Court judge for six years and a magistrate judge for five years.
She is a graduate of Duke University and earned her law degree from Howard University.
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