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 2006 / Active

Phyllis D. Thompson

Senior Judge, District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Phyllis D. Thompson is a Senior Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, serving since 2006. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: Since 2006 · 20 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2006	District of Columbia Court of Appeals	–	–

Education

George Washington University
George Washington University

Judicial Record

In our data, Thompson authored 247 published opinions for the court (2006–2019), plus 11 dissents and 6 concurrences. Most cited: In Re Sibley (389 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. 220 of these were attributed to Thompson 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
2010	In Re Sibley	990 A.2d 483	389
2008	Fort Lincoln Civic Ass'n v. Fort Lincoln New Town Corp.	944 A.2d 1055	123
2015	Michael Francis and Queue, LLC v. Munir Rehman and HAK, LLC†	110 A.3d 615	74
2010	Williams v. District of Columbia†	9 A.3d 484	64
2006	Tillery v. District of Columbia Contract Appeals Board	912 A.2d 1169	56
2008	Wilburn v. District of Columbia†	957 A.2d 921	53
2017	Lee Carrell v. United States (Revised Version)· Concurrence†	165 A.3d 314	47
2008	Snowder v. District of Columbia	949 A.2d 590	47
2009	Randolph v. ING LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY CO.†	973 A.2d 702	46
2008	Clampitt v. American University†	957 A.2d 23	42
2007	Flax v. Schertler†	935 A.2d 1091	42
2016	INDIRA POOLA v. HOWARD UNIVERSITY†	147 A.3d 267	41
2012	Bradshaw v. District of Columbia	43 A.3d 318	39
2013	Aziken v. District of Columbia†	70 A.3d 213	38
2012	DeWITT v. District of Columbia†	43 A.3d 291	38

Showing the 15 most-cited of 264 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 Phyllis D. Thompson on?: Phyllis D. Thompson is a Senior Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Sources

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20 years on the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. Data as of 2026-03-31. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).