Charles 威洛比 and Risa Berkower Join 高等法院 Bench
2024年8月19日
8月19日，D.C. 高等法院 Chief Judge Anita Josey-Herring administered the oath of office to new Associate Judge Charles J. 小威洛比. 裁判官Risa Berkower.
一个土生土长的华盛顿人, Judge 威洛比 served for the past 10 years as an assistant United States attorney (AUSA) with the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia, where he was appointed deputy chief of the Major Crimes Section in 2023. Previously, he served as deputy chief of the Case Initiation Unit since 2020.
“I’ve been a public servant for the majority of my professional career,威洛比说. “To continue serving the residents of the District is something that’s very important to me. I’m happy to be able to continue to do so professionally in my role as an associate judge.”
威洛比 has aspired to become a judge since January 2023. “I appeared before a number of judges for various trial hearings,” he said. “[During] the latter part of my tenure at the U.S. Attorney’s Office, I was fortunate enough to serve in a supervisor capacity. 这让我能够指导年轻的助理靠谱的滚球平台, 在法庭上看他们, and to see the way different judges handled their courtrooms.”
威洛比 was nominated in June 2023 by President Biden and confirmed a year later. “耐心当然是一种美德, which is something that I’ll exercise when I’m on the bench,威洛比说. “The most important thing I've learned in my professional capacity is the importance of listening. I want everyone who comes into my courtroom to know that they will be heard.”
Berkower also stressed the importance of listening fairly to both sides as she assumes her magistrate judge position within the Criminal Division. “Hearing everybody out and having an open mind is what I plan to bring because it was so important to me as a litigant and also to all of the many witnesses, victims, and other individuals that were involved in my cases.”
也是华盛顿特区.C.他是美国本土的前检察官.S. 靠谱的滚球平台办公室在D.C. (Fraud, 公共腐败, 及民权组), Berkower played integral roles in the federal hate crimes prosecution of James Fields for the murder of Heather Heyer at the 2017 Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, and in the first trial related to the January 6, 2021, 在美国的起义.S. Capitol.
“I was a litigator for 17 years before I came to this job,” Berkower said. “What I always hoped for when I walked into a courtroom was for a judge [to have] an open mind, 听听大家的意见, and make a decision [based] on what was presented and the law. 这就是我要带来的.”
