How do judges of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals reach the bench?

The court's current selection method is presidential appointment.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals / Joined 2012 / Active

Catharine F. Easterly

Associate Judge, District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Catharine F. Easterly is an Associate Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, serving since 2012. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: Since 2012 · 14 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2012	District of Columbia Court of Appeals	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Easterly authored 72 published opinions for the court (2012–2019), plus 4 dissents and 7 concurrences. Most cited: Lee Carrell v. United States (Revised Version) (47 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge. 83 of these were attributed to Easterly by a unique court-, date-, and surname-match against our roster (marked ), because CourtListener recorded no author for them. Each links to the official text to verify. How we match.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
2017	Lee Carrell v. United States (Revised Version)†	165 A.3d 314	47
2014	ALONZO R. VAUGHN and CARL S. MORTON v. UNITED STATES†	93 A.3d 1237	47
2013	Robinson v. United States†	76 A.3d 329	44
2016	MOTOROLA INC. v. MICHAEL PATRICK MURRAY· Concurrence†	147 A.3d 751	40
2016	MAIA FALCONI-SACHS v. LPF SENATE SQUARE, LLC· Concurrence†	142 A.3d 550	40
2012	In re S.W.†	45 A.3d 151	35
2015	Mathis v. District of Columbia Housing Authority†	124 A.3d 1089	32
2013	Pajic v. Foote Properties, LLC†	72 A.3d 140	28
2015	Reynard Eaglin v. District of Columbia†	123 A.3d 953	27
2013	Ronda Nunnally v. District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department†	80 A.3d 1004	27
2015	UMC Development, LLC v. District of Columbia†	120 A.3d 37	26
2013	Adam Jaramillo Ortberg v. United States†	81 A.3d 303	25
2019	Anthony Hooks v. United States†	208 A.3d 741	23
2014	John Doe No. 1 v. Susan L. Burke†	91 A.3d 1031	23
2013	In re Taylor†	73 A.3d 85	23

Showing the 15 most-cited of 83 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.

Questions & answers

How do judges of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is presidential appointment.
Which court is Catharine F. Easterly on?: Catharine F. Easterly is an Associate Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Sources

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14 years on the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. Data as of 2026-07-02. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).