Kimberley S. Knowles facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Kimberley S. Knowles
Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia
Incumbent
Assumed office November 9, 2012
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Zinora Mitchell-Rankin
Magistrate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia
In office May 10, 2010 – November 9, 2012
Personal details
Born	Kimberley Sherri Knowles (1970-10-07) October 7, 1970 (age 54) Bronx, New York, U.S.
Education	Cornell University (BA) Howard University (JD)

Kimberley Sherri Knowles (born October 7, 1970) is an associate judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. She served as a magistrate judge of the same court from 2010 to 2012.

Education and career

Knowles earned her Bachelor of Arts from Cornell University in 1992, and her J.D. from Howard University School of Law in 1996.

After law school, Knowles clerked for then D.C. Superior Court judge Eric T. Washington. She then went on to work in the U.S. Attorney's Office in the District of Columbia. In 2004, she became the Deputy Chief of the office’s Domestic Violence Section.

D.C. Superior Court

On May 10, 2010, Superior Court of the District of Columbia chief judge Lee F. Satterfield appointed Knowles as a magistrate judge on the court.

President Barack Obama nominated Knowles on June 11, 2012, to a 15-year term as an associate judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia to the seat vacated by Zinora M. Mitchell. On July 20, 2012, the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs held a hearing on her nomination. On August 2, 2012, the Committee reported her nomination favorably to the senate floor and later that day, the full Senate confirmed her nomination by voice vote. She was sworn in on November 9, 2012.

Personal life

Knowles was born and raised in Bronx, New York with 2 older brothers. She moved to Washington D.C. to attend law school and has remained there since. She is the adoptive parent of one child.