The vacancy was created by the retirement of Associate Judge Jerry S. Byrd. President Barack Obama has 60 days to select a nominee and submit the name to the Senate for confirmation.
Herrling is pro bono counsel at WilmerHale LLP where he administers the firm’s pro bono program. He served as executive director of the Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia before joining WilmerHale in 1997. Previously, he served two terms as a member of the D.C. Child Support Guidelines Commission and the United States District Court Advisory Committee on Pro Se Litigation. Herrling received his law degree from The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law.
Lee is a magistrate judge on the D.C. Superior Court where, since his appointment in 1997, he has served in the Criminal and Civil Branches as well as the family court. He also presides over the court’s Fathering Court Initiative and is the presiding magistrate judge for the court. Previously, Lee was an associate professor at the University of the District of Columbia David A Clarke School of Law, and from 1985 to 1993, he was a member of the D.C. Public Defender Service. Lee received his law degree from The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law.
Nooter, who joined the Superior Court in 2000, is a magistrate judge who serves mostly in family court and also serves as the deputy presiding magistrate judge. He has practiced law at Jordan Coyne & Savits L.L.P., where he tried civil cases in the District of Columbia and Maryland courts, and from 1982 to 1989, he was a trial attorney for the Office of the Corporation Counsel. Nooter received his law degree from The George Washington University Law School.
The Commission is composed of seven members—two appointed by
the mayor, two by the D.C. Bar Board of Governors, one by the Council
of the District of Columbia, one by the president of the United States,
and one by the chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the District
of Columbia—to select and recommend three candidates to the president
for each judicial vacancy on the D.C. Superior Court and Court of Appeals.
