The Honorable Marisa Demeo

Marisa J. Demeo was nominated by President Barack Obama to be an associate judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia on March 24, 2009. Her nomination was confirmed by the United States Senate on April 20, 2010.

Judge Demeo currently serves as a trial judge in the Family Court. She has served as the Presiding Judge of the Criminal Division and the Deputy Presiding Judge of the Probate and Tax Divisions. She also has served as a trial judge in the Civil Division and the Domestic Violence Division. Judge Demeo currently serves on the Joint Committee on Judicial Administration. She also served as the Vice Chairperson and Chairperson of the Hispanic Bar Association of the District of Columbia Judicial Council.

Judge Demeo graduated from Princeton University, where she received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Politics with a concentration in Latin American Studies. She currently serves on the Princeton University Board of Trustees. She received her Juris Doctor from New York University School of Law (NYU), where she served on the Law Review. At NYU, Ms. Demeo was selected as a Root-Tilden Scholar for her academic achievement and commitment to public interest.

After graduating from law school, Judge Demeo served as an Honors Program trial attorney in the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division. Subsequently, she headed the D.C. national policy office of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF), a national Latino civil rights organization. Judge Demeo later joined the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia as an Assistant United States Attorney where she served as a criminal prosecutor. In 2007, Judge Demeo was appointed as a Magistrate Judge, where she served until her confirmation as an Associate Judge.

Judge Demeo has taught criminal procedure and a course on problem solving courts at Georgetown University School of Law. She also taught criminal procedure and immigration law at Howard University School of Law.