WHAT:  Investiture of John McCabe 
 
WHEN: Friday, February 24th at 4:00 pm 
 
WHERE: Third Floor Atrium, Moultrie Courthouse  500 Indiana Ave, NW 
 
WHO:  Chief Judge Lee F. Satterfield, presiding; Judge Milton Lee, oath of office; Magistrate Judge Noel Johnson, speaker 
 
Biography:  

John F. McCabe, Jr. was nominated by President Barack Obama in July 2011 and confirmed by the Senate in on November 18, 2011. 
 
Judge McCabe was born in New York City to Margaret McCabe and the late John McCabe, Sr., and was raised in New Jersey.  He graduated from Duke University in 1980, with a B.A. in economics.  In 1986, he graduated cum laude, from Tulane University Law School.   
 
Judge McCabe was an associate at a law firm in Atlanta, Georgia from 1986 to 1989.  He moved to the District of Columbia in 1989, and was a staff attorney for the Legal Aid Society from 1989 to 1990.  From 1990 to 1998, Judge McCabe was an Assistant Corporation Counsel with the Office of the Corporation Counsel (now the Office of the Attorney General) in Washington, DC.  He was the first Chief of the Domestic Violence Section of the Office, defended the District of Columbia in civil matters in DC Superior Court and the US District Court for the District of Columbia, and handled child abuse and neglect matters.   
 
From 1998 to 2002, Magistrate Judge McCabe was an Assistant United States Attorney in the District of Columbia, where he served in the misdemeanor, felony, appellate, grand jury, and homicide sections.   
 
In October of 2002, Judge McCabe was appointed as a Magistrate Judge in DC Superior Court by then Chief Judge Rufus King.  From October 2002 to December 2010, he worked in the Family Court on cases involving children in the foster care system.  He also served as Co-Chair of the Family Court Training Committee.  In 2011, he worked in the Criminal Division and handled misdemeanor trials, arraignments, and preliminary hearings.  From 2010 to 2011, he also served as the Deputy Presiding Magistrate Judge and the Alternate Chairperson of the District of Columbia Commission on Mental Health.        
 
Judge McCabe is a volunteer tutor and mentor with the Thurgood Marshall Academy Public Charter School, the Abramson Scholarship Foundation, and Community Club at New York Ave. Presbyterian Church.  He is an active participant with the DC Road Runners Club and DC Triathlon Club, and is a member of a rock and roll and rhythm and blues band with other Superior Court judges.