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# Ebony Scott

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/scott-ebony)
- [Official roster](https://www.dccourts.gov/superior-court/superior-court-judges/scott-ebony)
- [District of Columbia Courts official judicial roster](https://www.dccourts.gov/superior-court/superior-court-judges/scott-ebony)
- [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, assigned to the Family Court, appointed in 2022 after serving as a magistrate judge — 2020–2022
- Deputy Director: Mayor’s Office of Legal Counsel (2018–2019)
- General Counsel: D.C. Office of Human Rights (2016–2018)
- Assistant Attorney General: D.C. Office of the Attorney General, Housing and Environmental Justice Section (2012–2016)
- Law Clerk: Hon. Anna Blackburne-Rigsby, D.C. Court of Appeals (2006–2007)

### Education

- American University Washington College of Law — J.D. (2006)
- in Political Science, University of Rochester — B.A. (2000)

### Additional information

- Associate Judge (2022–present): Handles family and related cases in the DC Superior Court
- Judge Scott was nominated by President Joe Biden in September 2021 to replace Judge Rhonda Reid Winston and confirmed by the U.S. Senate on February 7, 2022, after a 55–38 vote
- Magistrate Judge (2020–2022): Appointed by Chief Judge Robert E. Morin in January 2020
- She serves on multiple Superior Court committees, including the Committee on Pro Bono and Affordable Counsel, the Standing Committee on Fairness and Access to the DC Courts, and the Committee on Public Education and Court Independence
- Judge Scott is an adjunct assistant professor at American University WCL, where she teaches Civil Trial Advocacy
- She has served on the Abramson Scholarship Foundation’s Advisory Council, the Council for Court Excellence, and as Chair of the Judicial Council Division of the Washington Bar Association