| Milton C. Lee Jr. | |
| Office: | Chief Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia |
| Term Start: | October 1, 2024 |
| Predecessor: | Anita Josey-Herring |
| Office1: | Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia |
| President1: | Barack Obama |
| Term Start1: | 2010 |
| Predecessor1: | Jerry Stewart Byrd |
| Office2: | Magistrate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia |
| Term Start2: | November 1998 |
| Term End2: | 2010 |
| Birth Date: | 14 January 1960[1] |
| Birth Place: | Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Education: | American University (BA) Catholic University’s Columbus School of Law (JD) |
Milton C. Lee Jr. (born January 14, 1960) is the chief judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.[2] [3]
Lee earned his Bachelor of Arts from American University in 1982 and his Juris Doctor from Catholic University’s Columbus School of Law.
After graduating, he served as a staff attorney at the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia. In 1993, Lee joined the faculty at David A. Clarke School of Law.[4]
In November 1998, Lee was appointed as a magistrate judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
President Barack Obama nominated Lee on January 20, 2010, to a 15-year term as an associate judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia to the seat vacated by Jerry Stewart Byrd.[5] On April 20, 2010, the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs held a hearing on his nomination.[6] On April 28, 2010, the Committee reported his nomination favorably to the senate floor. On June 22, 2010, the full Senate confirmed his nomination by voice vote.[7] On July 26, 2024, he was named by the District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission to become the chief judge of the D.C. Superior Court, effective on October 1, 2024.[8]