Herbert B. Dixon
Herbert B. Dixon Jr. (b. 1947) is a retired judge of the United States Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
Early life and education
A native of Savannah, Georgia, he received his Juris Doctor degree from Georgetown University and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Howard University, also in Washington, D.C.
Career
Following law school, Dixon served as law clerk to the Honorable H. Carl Moultrie, I. After his judicial clerkship, followed by active duty military service, Judge Dixon engaged in the general practice of law until his appointment to the bench in 1985.
Dixon received news coverage for presiding over the Elizabeth Morgan case until the Elizabeth Morgan Act removed it from the jurisdiction of his court.[1]
In the Superior Court, Dixon was a member of the Technology Committee, and is Chair of the court’s Electronic Filing pilot project. Additionally, he was Chair of the Civil Rules Advisory Committee and has served as Chair of the Advisory Committee on Landlord and Tenant Rules.
In 1998, Judge Dixon was appointed Chair of an Ad Hoc Committee to make recommendations to the Chief Judge concerning the Final Report of the D.C. Bar Landlord Tenant Task Force. In 1990-91, he was among the team of judges assigned to implement the Civil Delay Reduction Program. Other past and present committee memberships include the Judicial Education Training Committee, the Mental Health Committee, the Bench Book Committee, the Task Force on Maintaining the Court Record, and the Superior Court Rules Committee. Judge Dixon was a member of the Board of Governors of the American Bar Association and an active participant in other local and national bench-bar organizations. Member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity.[2][3]
Dixon was presiding judge of both the Civil and the Multi-Door Dispute Resolution divisions. He served in the Criminal Division. He was appointed in 1985 by U.S. President Ronald W. Reagan to a 15-year term on the Superior Court and reappointed in 2000 by outgoing President Bill Clinton to a second 15-year term on the court.
Retirement
Dixon retired as a judge on April 28, 2015.[4]
Notes
- ↑ Grogan, David (July 3, 1989). "Elizabeth Morgan's Brother Risks Jail as He Joins Her in Defying a Washington Judge". Vol. 32 no. 1. Retrieved July 24, 2016.
- ↑ E-filing potential for the courts
- ↑ Court profile
- ↑ Alexander, Keith L. (November 20, 2014). "D.C. Superior Court Judge Herbert Dixon announces retirement". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 10, 2016.