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# Carl Ezekiel Ross

Superior Court of the District of Columbia · Associate Judge

## Profile

- Court: Superior Court of the District of Columbia
- State: District of Columbia
- Role: Associate Judge
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-07-29

## Summary

Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

## Biography

### Professional career

- Nominated by President Joseph R. Biden to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia on December 15, 2021
- After law school, Judge Ross served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable James R. Spencer of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

### Education

- Oral Roberts University — B.A.

### Additional information

- His nomination was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 15, 2022
- In 2017, Judge Ross began serving as investigative counsel to the United States House of Representatives Committee on Ethics
- Judge Ross also handled a variety of pro bono cases, including landlord-tenant cases in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia in conjunction with the Legal Aid Society of D.C. In 2009, Judge Ross was sworn in as an Assistant United States Attorney (“AUSA”) in the District of Columbia U.S. Attorney’s Office’s Civil Division
- As investigative counsel, Judge Ross led investigations into matters involving criminal and civil allegations of fraud, sexual harassment, impermissible financial transactions, disclosure of classified information, illegal campaign activity, improper use of congressional resources, and other matters
- Birth place: Washington, D.C

## Before you appear

- Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed.
- Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance.
- Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding.

## Courtroom Rules

### recording and rebroadcasting

Scope: courtwide

Recording, photographing, or rebroadcasting a remote Superior Court hearing is not allowed.

Evidence excerpt: Audio and video recording, taking pictures of remote hearings, and sharing the live or recorded remote hearing by rebroadcasting, live-streaming, or otherwise are not allowed.

[Hearing Information](https://www.dccourts.gov/superior-court/hearing-information)
Source checked: 2026-07-27


## Sources

- [Official profile](https://www.dccourts.gov/superior-court/superior-court-judges/ross-carl-ezekiel)
- [Official roster](https://www.dccourts.gov/superior-court/superior-court-judges/ross-carl-ezekiel)
- [District of Columbia Courts official judicial roster](https://www.dccourts.gov/superior-court/superior-court-judges/ross-carl-ezekiel)
- [Hearing Information](https://www.dccourts.gov/superior-court/hearing-information)
- [The Honorable Carl Ezekiel Ross](https://www.dccourts.gov/superior-court/superior-court-judges/ross-carl-ezekiel)

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