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# Danny Lam Nguyen

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/nguyen-danny-lam)
- [Official roster](https://www.dccourts.gov/superior-court/superior-court-judges/nguyen-danny-lam)
- [District of Columbia Courts official judicial roster](https://www.dccourts.gov/superior-court/superior-court-judges/nguyen-danny-lam)
- [Hearing Information](https://www.dccourts.gov/superior-court/hearing-information)
- [Wikidata: Danny Lam Nguyen](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q127377858)

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## Biography

### Professional career

- Associate Judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia, confirmed by the U.S. Senate on July 10, 2024, and serving since July 29, 2024
- Trial Attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice’s Criminal Division, prosecuting complex financial fraud cases nationwide (2018–2021)
- served as a law clerk to Hon. Reggie B. Walton of the U.S. District Court for D.C. (2009–2011)
- Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Superior Court Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for D.C
- Earlier, he was an attorney at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, conducting internal investigations and litigation

### Education

- magna cum laude — Georgetown University Law Center — J.D. (2006)
- MEd in Counseling and Student Affairs — University of California, Los Angeles (2001, 2003)
- He began legal studies at Santa Clara University School of Law before transferring to Georgetown

### Additional information

- He was nominated by President Joe Biden in 2023 to replace Judge Fern Flanagan Saddler, and his nomination was confirmed by the Senate by voice vote on July 10, 2024
- Before joining the judiciary, Nguyen served as Associate General Counsel on the Business Investigations team at Booz Allen Hamilton (2021–2024)
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing: September 7, 2023; reported out 10–2
- First nominated in 2020 by President Donald Trump; nomination withdrawn and resubmitted under President Biden
- Born November 24, 1979, in Houston, Texas
- BA in Sociology and Political Science
- He had over eight years as a federal prosecutor
- Judge Nguyen presides over cases in Domestic Relations II at the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, a trial court of general jurisdiction for Washington, D.C