The Honorable Danny Lam Nguyen

Danny Lam Nguyen was nominated to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia by President Donald J. Trump in 2020, and again by President Joseph R. Biden Jr. in 2023. Judge Nguyen’s nomination was confirmed by the United States Senate on July 10, 2024.

Before his judicial appointment, Judge Nguyen was an Associate General Counsel on the Business Investigations team at Booz Allen Hamilton. Prior to that role, Judge Nguyen was a federal prosecutor for over eight years, prosecuting complex financial fraud cases across the country as a Trial Attorney in the United States Department of Justice’s Criminal Division, and violent crimes as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Superior Court Division of the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia.

Earlier in his career, Judge Nguyen was an attorney at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, where he conducted internal investigations and litigated various matters for the firm’s clients. Judge Nguyen also served as a law clerk to the Honorable Reggie B. Walton of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.

Judge Nguyen is a proud alumnus of the University of California, Los Angeles, where he received both his Bachelor of Arts and Master of Education. Judge Nguyen then completed his first year of legal studies at Santa Clara University School of Law, before transferring to Georgetown University Law Center, where he received his Juris Doctor, magna cum laude.