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# Kendra Davis Briggs

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

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## Biography

### Professional career

- Associate Judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia, serving since January 17, 2023
- an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia, most recently in the Public Corruption and Civil Rights Section, prosecuting civil rights violations, fraud, public corruption, violent crime, and narcotics cases — 2010–2023
- Senior associate at Parks & Crump, LLC (Tallahassee, FL)
- Associate general counsel for the Florida Department of Transportation
- Attorney at Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP (Washington, D.C.)
- served as 5th District Community Prosecutor
- While in law school, she served as a judicial law clerk to Florida Supreme Court Justice Peggy A. Quince

### Education

- A.A. in Criminology, Florida A&M University
- in Criminology, Florida State University — B.A.
- cum laude, University of Miami School of Law — J.D.

### Additional information

- President Joseph R. Biden Jr. nominated Judge Briggs on November 3, 2021 to replace Judge Judith Bartnoff, whose term had expired
- Her federal legal career earned her the 2020 U.S. Attorney’s Award for Exceptional Performance and multiple U.S. Attorney’s Awards for Special Achievement
- Born December 19, 1974 in Miami, Florida, Briggs earned