The Honorable Julie Becker

Judge Julie H. Becker was nominated by President Barack Obama in April 2015, and confirmed by the Senate in June 2016.

Judge Becker was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and graduated from the Detroit Public Schools. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of Michigan and a law degree from Yale Law School.

After law school, Judge Becker clerked for the Honorable Sonia Sotomayor, then of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. She then received a Skadden Fellowship to begin work at the Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia, focusing on the implementation of welfare reform-related changes to the laws governing public housing. She remained at Legal Aid as a staff attorney after her fellowship and was promoted to Supervising Attorney in 2007, continuing in that position until her appointment to the bench.

During her sixteen years at the Legal Aid Society, Judge Becker represented hundreds of low-income tenants and tenant associations in their efforts to obtain, improve, and preserve affordable housing. She appeared regularly in the Landlord and Tenant Branch, the Civil Actions Branch, and various administrative agencies. She also litigated several cases in the D.C. Court of Appeals and the D.C. Circuit concerning the rights of tenants under District and federal law. In addition, Judge Becker engaged in numerous policy initiatives relating to affordable housing, including a comprehensive revision of the rules and regulations governing the District’s subsidized housing programs and an overhaul of the District’s rent control laws.

Judge Becker has served on the Superior Court Advisory Subcommittee on Landlord and Tenant Rules and the Superior Court ad hoc Committee on Rules for the Housing Conditions Calendar. She also served as a member of the D.C. Bar Judicial Evaluation Committee from 2012 until 2016.