D.W. Tunnage

D.W. Tunnage
D.W. Tunnage
Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; February 25, 2022
Appointed by	Joe Biden
Preceded by	Russell F. Canan
Personal details
Born	October 20, 1968 (age 56); Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S.
Education	Morehouse College (BA); Duke University (JD); Harvard University (MPP)

Donald Walker Tunnage (born October 20, 1968) is an American lawyer who has served as an associate judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia since 2022.

Education

Tunnage received his Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, from Morehouse College in 1990, his Juris Doctor from Duke University Law School in 1992 and his Master of Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School in 2000.^[2]

Legal career

From 1993 to 1998, he was assistant public defender in Florida's office of the public defender in Miami. From 2000 to 2009, he was a civil trial attorney in the United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division. From 2009 until 2022, he was a criminal trial attorney in the same division.^[2]

D.C. Superior Court service

On September 30, 2021, President Joe Biden nominated Tunnage to serve as a judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. President Biden nominated Tunnage to the seat vacated by Judge Russell F. Canan, whose term expired on February 3, 2018.^[3] On November 18, 2021, a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.^[4] The committee reported Tunnage's nomination to the full Senate on December 1, 2021.^[5]

On February 2, 2022, the United States Senate invoked cloture on his nomination by a 57–38 vote.^[6] On February 7, 2022, his nomination was confirmed by a 54–39 vote.^[7] He was sworn in on February 25, 2022.^[8]

References

^ "Questionnaire for Nominees to the District of Columbia Courts" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. November 18, 2021. p. 229. Retrieved December 9, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "President Biden Names Eighth Round of Judicial Nominees" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. September 30, 2021. Retrieved September 30, 2021. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. September 30, 2021. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ "Nominations of Erik A. Hooks to be Deputy Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Department of Homeland Security; the Honorable Michael Kubayanda to be a Commissioner, Postal Regulatory Commission; Laurel A. Blatchford to be Controller, Office of Federal Financial Management, Office of Management and Budget; and Ebony M. Scott and Donald W. Tunnage to be Associate Judges, Superior Court of the District of Columbia" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. November 18, 2021.
^ "PN1204 – Nomination of Donald Walker Tunnage for The Judiciary, 117th Congress (2021–2022)". www.congress.gov. February 2, 2022. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
^ "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Donald Walker Tunnage to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia)". Washington, D.C.: United States Senate. February 2, 2022. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
^ "On the Nomination (Confirmation: Donald Walker Tunnage, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia)". Washington, D.C.: United States Senate. February 7, 2022. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
^ "Five New Judges Take Their Place on the Bench in DC Superior Court". DC Courts. February 25, 2022. Retrieved March 1, 2022.

External links

D.W. Tunnage at Ballotpedia

Legal offices
Preceded by Russell F. Canan	Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia 2022–present	Incumbent

[1] "Questionnaire for Nominees to the District of Columbia Courts" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. November 18, 2021. p. 229. Retrieved December 9, 2022.

[WHBio-2] "President Biden Names Eighth Round of Judicial Nominees" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. September 30, 2021. Retrieved September 30, 2021. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

[September30-3] "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. September 30, 2021. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

[4] "Nominations of Erik A. Hooks to be Deputy Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Department of Homeland Security; the Honorable Michael Kubayanda to be a Commissioner, Postal Regulatory Commission; Laurel A. Blatchford to be Controller, Office of Federal Financial Management, Office of Management and Budget; and Ebony M. Scott and Donald W. Tunnage to be Associate Judges, Superior Court of the District of Columbia" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. November 18, 2021.

[5] "PN1204 – Nomination of Donald Walker Tunnage for The Judiciary, 117th Congress (2021–2022)". www.congress.gov. February 2, 2022. Retrieved February 3, 2022.

[6] "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Donald Walker Tunnage to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia)". Washington, D.C.: United States Senate. February 2, 2022. Retrieved February 3, 2022.

[7] "On the Nomination (Confirmation: Donald Walker Tunnage, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia)". Washington, D.C.: United States Senate. February 7, 2022. Retrieved February 10, 2022.

[8] "Five New Judges Take Their Place on the Bench in DC Superior Court". DC Courts. February 25, 2022. Retrieved March 1, 2022.

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