The Honorable Maurice A. Ross

Judge Maurice A. Ross was appointed to the Superior Court of the District of Columbia in 2001 by President George H.W. Bush.

Judge Ross was born and raised in Washington, D.C., where he graduated from Saint Francis Xavier School and Saint John’s College High School. Judge Ross received a Bachelor of Arts in History, cum laude, from Yale College in 1983, and a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1986.

Judge Ross began his legal career in 1986 as an Associate with the law firm of Shaw Pittman, litigating complex civil and administrative cases. After leaving Shaw Pittman in 1989, he held the positions of Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, Special Assistant to the Deputy Attorney General of the United States, and Associate Deputy Attorney General in the United States Department of Justice. From 1993 until 1997, Judge Ross held the position of Senior Counsel at the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“Freddie Mac”), where he handled all aspects of numerous commercial and personal injury cases in federal and state courts across the United States. In 1997, Judge Ross returned to the United States Department of Justice as an Assistant Counsel in the Office of Professional Responsibility, which investigates allegations of professional misconduct by Department of Justice attorneys.

Judge Ross’s appointments include serving on the Legal Ethics Committee of the District of Columbia Bar Association, the Board of Directors of the Greater Washington Urban League (2001 Recipient of the National Urban League Legacy Award), the Executive Committee of the Greater Washington Urban League, the Washington Bar Association Judicial Council (Vice-Chair, Chair-elect, and Chair), and the Miner Elementary School Principal Selection Committee and Development Team.