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# Kaye K. Christian

Superior Court of the District of Columbia · Senior Judge

## Profile

- Court: Superior Court of the District of Columbia
- State: District of Columbia
- Role: Senior Judge
- Service status: senior
- 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/christian-kaye-k)
- [Official roster](https://www.dccourts.gov/superior-court/superior-court-judges/christian-kaye-k)
- [District of Columbia Courts official judicial roster](https://www.dccourts.gov/superior-court/superior-court-judges/christian-kaye-k)
- [Hearing Information](https://www.dccourts.gov/superior-court/hearing-information)

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## Biography

### Professional career

- Senior Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, appointed by President George H.W. Bush in 1990 and assuming senior status on December 4, 2010
- Appointed Associate Judge in 1990, Christian served in every division of the Superior Court
- In 1987, she became a Hearing Commissioner (now Magistrate Judge) for the D.C. Superior Court, presiding over civil, criminal, and family cases
- From 1979 to 1987, she was with the Office of the Corporation Counsel for the District of Columbia, first as a trial assistant prosecuting juvenile delinquency, child abuse/neglect, domestic violence, and elder abuse cases, later as supervisor of trial attorneys in the Intra-Family Offense Unit
- Born in Lynchburg, Virginia in 1953, Judge Christian grew up in Washington, D.C., graduating from Dunbar Senior High School in 1971
- She then served as law clerk to Hon. Henry H. Kennedy, Jr. of the U.S. District Court for D.C
- After law school, Christian worked as General Counsel for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

### Education

- Georgetown University Law Center in — J.D. (1978)
- B.A. in American Government from Georgetown University in 1975

### Additional information

- Presiding Judge of the Probate and Tax Divisions (2001–2003, 1996–1999)
- Deputy Presiding Judge of the Family Division (2000–2001)
- As a Senior Judge, she is assigned to the Civil, Probate, and Tax Divisions
- She is a member of the Bar of the Supreme Court of the U.S., National Association of Women Judges, D.C. Bar, and others
- Award of Appreciation from the Estates, Trusts and Probate Law Section of the D.C. Bar
- Award of Judicial Excellence from the American Bar Association
- Special Recognition Award for Judicial Independence from the D.C. Bar Association
- Olive Baptist Church, where she has taught Sunday School for nearly 50 years