The Honorable Ebony Scott

Judge Ebony M. Scott was nominated by President Joseph R. Biden Jr. to be an associate judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia in September 2021 and confirmed by the Senate on February 7, 2022. Previously, Judge Scott was appointed magistrate judge by Chief Judge Robert E. Morin in January 2020.

Judge Scott graduated from the University of Rochester with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and earned her law degree from American University’s Washington College of Law (WCL) in 2006. Following graduation from law school, Judge Scott served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Anna Blackburne-Rigsby on the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Following her clerkship, she joined the law firm of Chaikin, Sherman, Cammarata & Siegel, P.C., where she litigated personal injury cases on behalf of plaintiffs in the District of Columbia and Maryland. She later joined the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia in 2012 as an assistant attorney general, where she prosecuted a variety of cases involving drug, firearm, and prostitution related nuisances, and later served as acting chief of her Section.

In 2016, Judge Scott joined the District of Columbia Office of Human Rights as general counsel. In her role, she oversaw the day-to-day operations of the Legal Division and managed the resolution of discrimination complaints arising under the D.C. Human Rights Act and other federal and District laws. In 2018, Judge Scott joined the Mayor’s Office of Legal Counsel as deputy director. In this role, she assisted the Director in supervising all agency counsel reporting to the mayor, and provided legal advice to the mayor, agency directors, and deputy mayors.

Judge Scott has always been committed to public service. She previously served as an Abramson Scholarship Foundation (ASF) mentor, played an active role on its mentoring committee, and currently serves on ASF’s Inaugural Advisory Council. She is a former member of the Trial Lawyers’ Association of Metropolitan Washington, D.C., and previously served as a governor on the Board of Governors, and as chair of the Education Committee. She has also been an active member of the American Association for Justice and served for two years as one of the regional coordinators for the Washington, D.C. regional tournament for the National Student Trial Advocacy Competition.

Judge Scott is also an adjunct assistant professor at WCL. In 2023, Judge Scott received the Joseph H. Hairston Award from WCL for her distinguished public service.