--- title: "Janet Albert | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/janet-albert-dc-superior-court-magistrate-judge" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # Janet Albert Superior Court of the District of Columbia · Magistrate Judge ## Profile - Court: Superior Court of the District of Columbia - State: District of Columbia - Role: Magistrate Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-29 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - In September 2001, Judge Albert became an Assistant United States Attorney for the United States Attorney’s Office for D.C. During her tenure, she worked in the Appellate Division, Sex Offense and Domestic Violence Section, and Community Prosecution and Grand Jury Section - In 1999 Judge Albert joined the U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section as a trial attorney where she prosecuted Internet child pornography and child sex abuse cases on federal lands - While in law school, Judge Albert was a student attorney for the Women and the Law Clinic - interned with the Office of the Corporation Counsel, Child Support Section - During law school, she held the role of a student attorney for the Women and the Law Clinic - Dean’s Fellow for a family law professor and worked as a legal intern for the Office of the Corporation Counsel, Child Support Section - representing mothers in the D.C. Superior Court abuse and neglect system, and worked as a Dean’s Fellow for a family law professor ### Education - GWU Law School — LL.M. (2000) - Washington College of Law — J.D. - magna cum laude — Northeastern University ### Additional information - Appointed a Magistrate Judge by Chief Judge Rufus G. King III on August 25, 2003 - Judge Albert also participated in the D.C. Superior Court Improvement Project Advisory Committee and was the chair of the Mediation Subcommittee - In that capacity, she was instrumental in the establishment of the Child Protection Mediation Pilot Project that has since become a program of the D.C. Superior Court’s Multi-Door Dispute Resolution Division - Upon completing law school, Judge Albert returned to the Office of the Corporation Counsel where she served in the Child Support Section, Domestic Violence Unit and the Abuse & Neglect Section - During Judge Albert’s time at the Office of the Corporation Counsel, she was a member of numerous committees responsible for improving practices in the child abuse and neglect system, including the DC Children’s Advocacy Center Case Review Team and Working Group and the Child Protection Legislation Committee - Janet Albert was born in Norwich, Connecticut, and raised in Simsbury - She was also a member of both the Child and Family Services Agency’s Child Fatality Review Committee and the D.C. Fatality Review Committee - In her judicial role, she has been instrumental in initiatives such as the Child Protection Mediation Pilot Project, which became part of the D.C. Superior Court’s Multi-Door Dispute Resolution Division - Birth place: Norwich, Connecticut ## 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/albert-janet) - [Official roster](https://www.dccourts.gov/superior-court/superior-court-judges/albert-janet) - [District of Columbia Courts official judicial roster](https://www.dccourts.gov/superior-court/superior-court-judges/albert-janet) - [Hearing Information](https://www.dccourts.gov/superior-court/hearing-information) - [The Honorable Janet Albert](https://www.dccourts.gov/superior-court/superior-court-judges/albert-janet) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/janet-albert-dc-superior-court-magistrate-judge", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/janet-albert-dc-superior-court-magistrate-judge", "name": "Janet Albert | KnowJudges", "description": "Janet Albert, Superior Court of the District of Columbia. 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