Zoe Bush

Zoe Bush
Senior Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia
Incumbent
Assumed office
October 27, 2017
Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia
In office
July 18, 1994 – October 27, 2017
Nominated byBill Clinton
Preceded byFred B. Ugast
Succeeded byShana Frost Matini
Personal details
Born
Zoe Alice Bush

(1954-07-05) July 5, 1954 (age 70)
Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.
Children1
EducationWellesley College (BA)
Harvard University (JD)

Zoe Alice Bush (born July 5, 1954)[1] is an American lawyer serving as a senior judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. Bush first took her position on July 18, 1994, and assumed senior status on October 27, 2017.

Early life and education

Bush was born and raised in Little Rock, Arkansas. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Wellesley College in 1976 and a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School in 1979.[2]

Career

After graduating from law school, Bush served as a law clerk for Judge James F. Merow. She later clerked for Judge Philip Nichols Jr. before joining the Washington Gas Light Company as a rate lawyer. In 1984, she joined Potomac Electric Power Company's Office of General Counsel.[1] Bush was appointed to serve as an administrative judge of the Washington, D.C. Contract Appeals Board and later served as the board's chief administrative judge. In 1994, President Bill Clinton appointed Bush to serve as an associate judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. She assumed senior status on October 27, 2017.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b States, United; Affairs, United States Congress Senate Committee on Governmental (June 29, 1994). Nominations of Judith Bartnoff, Zoe Alice Bush, and Rhonda Reid Winston: Hearing Before the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Third Congress, Second Session, on Nominations of Judith Bartnoff, Zoe Alice Bush, and Rhonda Reid Winston to be Associate Judges, Superior Court of the District of Columbia, June 29, 1994. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 12. ISBN 978-0-16-046180-4.
  2. ^ "Zoe Bush". www.racialequity2030.org. Retrieved 2023-04-15.
  3. ^ "Bush, Zoe | District of Columbia Courts". www.dccourts.gov. Retrieved 2023-04-15.