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 1999 / Active

Eric T. Washington

Senior Judge, District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Eric T. Washington is a Senior Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, serving since 1999. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: Since 1999 · 27 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1999	District of Columbia Court of Appeals	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Washington authored 154 published opinions for the court (1999–2019), plus 2 dissents and 1 concurrence. Most cited: Teru Chang v. Institute for Public-Private Partnerships, Inc. (48 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. 158 of these were attributed to Washington 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
2004	Teru Chang v. Institute for Public-Private Partnerships, Inc.†	846 A.2d 318	48
2001	Gordon v. United States†	783 A.2d 575	44
2009	Board of Trustees of Univ. of DC v. DiSalvo†	974 A.2d 868	41
2009	Biomet Inc. v. Finnegan Henderson LLP†	967 A.2d 662	41
2002	Majeska v. District of Columbia†	812 A.2d 948	40
2008	McCamey v. District of Columbia Department of Employment Services†	947 A.2d 1191	35
2007	Bolanos v. United States†	938 A.2d 672	34
2006	Darrow v. Dillingham & Murphy, LLP†	902 A.2d 135	34
2013	Fortune v. United States†	59 A.3d 949	32
2009	Debnam v. Crane Co.†	976 A.2d 193	32
2016	IN RE TA.L. IN RE A.L. IN PETITION OF R.W. & A.W. IN RE PETITION OF E.A.A.H. AND T.L.†	149 A.3d 1060	31
2007	Robinson v. United States†	928 A.2d 717	31
2006	Jeffrey v. United States†	892 A.2d 1122	31
2009	Coghill v. United States†	982 A.2d 802	30
2011	Medhin v. Hailu†	26 A.3d 307	28

Showing the 15 most-cited of 158 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 Eric T. Washington on?: Eric T. Washington is a Senior Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Sources

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27 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).