6248466 ACR 21-263, Superior Court of the District of Columbia Chief Judge Lee F. Satterfield Recognition Resolution of 2016  

  • A CEREMONIAL RESOLUTION

                                                            

    21-263

     

    IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

     

    September 20, 2016        

     

               

    To honor and recognize Superior Court of the District of Columbia Chief Judge Lee F. Satterfield for his contributions to the District of Columbia and its judicial system.

     

                WHEREAS, Chief Judge Lee F. Satterfield was born in the District of Columbia and graduated from St. John’s College High School in Ward 3 in 1976;

     

                WHEREAS, Chief Judge Satterfield attended the University of Maryland, graduating in 1980 with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics, and the George Washington University School of Law, where he received his Juris Doctor in 1983;

     

                WHEREAS, Chief Judge Satterfield served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Paul R. Webber, III, then an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia;

     

                WHEREAS, following his clerkship, Chief Judge Satterfield was appointed an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia;

     

                WHEREAS, in 1988, he joined the firm of Sachs, Greenebaum and Tayler, where he handled civil and criminal matters;

     

                WHEREAS, Chief Judge Satterfield then returned to public service as a trial attorney with the Organized Crime and Racketeering Section of the United States Department of Justice;

     

                WHEREAS, in 1992, he was appointed to the Superior Court of the District of Columbia by President George H.W. Bush, where he served in the Criminal, Civil, and Family Divisions, and the Domestic Violence Unit;

     

                WHEREAS, in 1994, Chief Judge Satterfield became one of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia’s first Drug Court judges;

     

    WHEREAS, between January 1998 and December 1999, Chief Judge Satterfield served as the Presiding Judge of the Domestic Violence Unit and as a member of a National Advisory Committee on Domestic Violence;

     

                WHEREAS, in 2001, Chief Judge Satterfield was designated Presiding Judge of the Family Division, and following the enactment of the District of Columbia Family Court Act in 2002, was designated Presiding Judge of the Family Court, until December 2005;

     

                WHEREAS, on September 24, 2008, he was sworn in as Chief Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia;

     

                WHEREAS, Chief Judge Satterfield chaired and served on the Family Court Management and Oversight Committee, the Family Court Implementation Committee, the Family Court Advisory Rules Committee, and several mayoral committees addressing issues related to mental health, child welfare, and juvenile justice;

     

                WHEREAS, Chief Judge Satterfield served as Vice Chairperson of the District of Columbia Juvenile Justice Reform Task Force and as Co-Chair of the Juvenile Detention Alternative Initiative Committee  and the Citywide Truancy Task Force;

     

                WHEREAS, Chief Judge Satterfield has been actively involved in improving the administration of the District’s courts, having served on the Joint Committee on Judicial Administration, the Superior Court’s Strategic Planning Leadership Council, the Superior Court Rules Committee, the Judicial Education Committee, and the Committee on the Selection and Tenure of Magistrate Judges;

     

                WHEREAS, Chief Judge Satterfield was a member of the Board of Trustees of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges and currently serves on the boards of directors of the National Association of Presiding Judges and Court Executives, the National Center for State Courts, and the Advanced Science & Technology Adjudication Resource Center;

     

                WHEREAS, he is a member of the faculty of the National Judicial Institute on Domestic Violence, which conducts educational programs for judges on domestic violence matters;      and

     

    WHEREAS, during Chief Judge Satterfield’s 2 terms as Chief Judge, he oversaw several major changes to the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, including the creation of a new behavioral court for juveniles, expanded access for tenants, and improvements to the administration of jury service.

     

    RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this resolution may be cited as the “Superior Court of the District of Columbia Chief Judge Lee F. Satterfield Recognition Resolution of 2016”.

     

    Sec. 2.  The Council of the District of Columbia recognizes and honors Chief Judge Lee F. Satterfield for his distinguished service to the District of Columbia and its judicial system.

     

    Sec. 3.  This resolution shall take effect immediately upon the first date of publication in the District of Columbia Register.