The Honorable Elizabeth Carroll Wingo

In November, 2015, President Barack Obama nominated Elizabeth Carroll Wingo for appointment as an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. She was confirmed by the Senate on June 23, 2016.

Judge Wingo was born and raised in Washington, D.C. She received her Bachelor’s degree from Dartmouth College magna cum laude, and her law degree from Yale Law School, where she served as Notes Editor of the Yale Law Journal and Co-Director of the Temporary Restraining Order Project. Prior to law school, through the Jesuit Volunteers Corps, Judge Wingo served as the volunteer coordinator for the Pediatric AIDS Program in New Orleans, supervising volunteers and working with the families of children affected by HIV/AIDS.

After law school graduation, Judge Wingo worked as an associate in the Washington office of the law firm of Sullivan and Cromwell. She then clerked for the Honorable T.S. Ellis, III in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, before joining the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia.

As an Assistant U.S. Attorney, Judge Wingo served in the Appellate, General Felony, Sex Offense/Domestic Violence and Homicide/Major Crimes Sections. She tried over 50 bench and jury trials and argued several cases before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and the D.C. Court of Appeals. She received a number of Special Achievement awards while at the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Judge Wingo then joined the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia and served for two years as Chief of the Criminal Section, and then briefly as Deputy of the Public Safety Division of the Office, prior to joining the Superior Court.

Judge Wingo was appointed by Chief Judge Rufus G. King, III, and installed as a Magistrate Judge in this Court on August 18, 2006, continuing in that role until her appointment as an Associate Judge. As a Magistrate Judge, she handled calendars in the Civil Division, the Criminal Division, the Family Court, and the Domestic Violence Unit, presiding over numerous trials in both civil and criminal cases, as well as arraignments and detention hearings in both adult and juvenile cases, and temporary protection order and child support hearings.