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# Carmen McLean

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.

## 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/mclean-carmen)
- [Official roster](https://www.dccourts.gov/superior-court/superior-court-judges/mclean-carmen)
- [District of Columbia Courts official judicial roster](https://www.dccourts.gov/superior-court/superior-court-judges/mclean-carmen)
- [Hearing Information](https://www.dccourts.gov/superior-court/hearing-information)

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## Biography

### Professional career

- Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, appointed in 2019 and serving a 15‐year term
- Pro Bono Attorney of the Year, District of Columbia Bar (2012)
- serves on the District of Columbia Access to Justice Commission

### Education

- Georgetown University Law Center — J.D. (2001)
- George Fox University — B.S. (1998)

### Additional information

- Nominations: First nominated by President Barack Obama in 2016 (not acted upon), then by President Donald Trump on October 30, 2017
- Joined Jones Day in 2001 as an associate and became a partner in 2011
- Carmen Guerricagoitia McLean was born September 25, 1976, in Ontario, Oregon
- She served in multiple leadership roles, including Partner In‐Charge of Pro Bono and Public Service and Diversity Committee Co‐Chair
- She was active in pro bono work, securing safe, permanent homes for over 50 at‐risk children through adoption, custody, and guardianship cases
- She is Deputy Presiding Judge of the Probate and Tax Divisions and co‐chaired the Superior Court Committee on Pro Bono and Affordable Counsel
- McLean is married, has two children, and is the sister of a U.S. Navy Nurse Corps Commander (O‐5)