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Catharine Friend Easterly
Judge, District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Background: Judge Easterly earned her bachelor’s degree from Yale College and her J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1996. Easterly's legal career began in Nassau County where she worked as an appellate public defender for the Legal Aid Society.
At a glance
- Court
- District of Columbia Court of Appeals
- Position / seat
- Not listed
- Chief justice
- No
- How they joined the court
- Not listed
- Appointed by
- Not listed
- Appointment date
- Not listed
- Took office
- 2011
- Current term ends
- November 18, 2026
- Next election or retention vote
- Not listed
- Last election
- Not listed
- Party (as listed by Ballotpedia)
- Nonpartisan
- Ballotpedia partisanship estimate
- Not listed
- Education
- Bachelor's: Yale University
- Law: University of Virginia School of Law, 1996
- Prior offices
- Not listed
- Profession
- Not listed
- How this court's justices are chosen
- U.S. President appoints, U.S. Senate confirmsThe U.S. President nominates and the U.S. Senate confirms (this is D.C.'s highest local court).
Summary of facts listed on Catharine Friend Easterly’s Ballotpedia page (retrieved Oct 26, 2026). “Not listed” means Ballotpedia didn’t list it in a form this site could read; check Ballotpedia for the latest.
No public decision data available for this court.