WASHINGTON – DC Superior Court Chief Judge Robert E. Morin officially gave the oath of office to Tanya M. Jones Bosier and Heide L. Herrmann as Magistrate Judges.

Tanya M. Jones Bosier has been a member of the DC Bar for the past 15 years. Most recently she served as an Assistant General Counsel for the DC Courts. Prior to her employment with the DC Courts, Magistrate Judge Jones Bosier worked as an Assistant Attorney General, DC Office of Attorney General. While at OAG, Judge Jones Bosier gained extensive experience in abuse and neglect, administrative, child support, domestic relations, domestic violence, public benefits, and procurement law and intervention proceedings. She also received the 2013 Wilbert J. Parker Award for her dedication and service of the Fathering Court Initiative as well as the WCL 2015 Adjunct Professor Service Award for dedication to students and the law school community. Magistrate Judge Jones Bosier received her Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, from Syracuse University and her Juris Doctor from American University Washington College of Law. She also served as law clerk to the Honorable Zoe Bush, 2000-2001.

Heide L. Herrmann practiced with the Department of Justice for the last 16 years. Most recently she was a Trial Attorney in the Consumer Protection Branch of the Department, where she prosecuted fraud and other crimes in federal courts across the country. From 2008-2014, Magistrate Judge Herrmann served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the DC United States Attorney’s Office, where she prosecuted sex offenses and domestic violence crimes in Superior Court. Magistrate Judge Herrmann also served in the Justice Department’s Commercial Litigation Branch and Environment & Natural Resources Division. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Environmental Geology and English, cum laude, from Case Western Reserve University and a J.D., cum laude, from Case Western Reserve School of Law. Upon graduation from law school Magistrate Judge Herrmann was an Associate with Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP, in Cleveland, Ohio. She clerked for Hon. Solomon Oliver, Jr., US District Court, Northern District of Ohio, 1999-2000.