Warren R. King | |
Office: | Senior Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals |
Term Start: | 1998 |
Term End: | 2016 |
Office2: | Associate Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals |
Termstart2: | 1991 |
Termend2: | 1998[1] |
Nominator2: | George H. W. Bush |
Predecessor2: | Theodore R. Newman |
Successor2: | Eric T. Washington |
Office3: | Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia |
Termstart3: | 1981 |
Termend3: | 1991 |
Nominator3: | Ronald Reagan |
Predecessor3: | Fred L. McIntyre |
Successor3: | Ann O. Keary |
Birth Name: | Warren Roger King[2] |
Birth Date: | 9 May 1937 |
Birth Place: | Takoma Park, Maryland |
Spouse: | Joyce Hanahan Deroy |
Alma Mater: | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (B.E.) American University (J.D.) Yale University (LL.M.) |
Warren Roger King (born May 9, 1937) is a former judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia and the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.
King was raised in Washington, D.C., and Maryland. He graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1960 and served in the United States Navy. In 1969 he returned to D.C. and joined the U.S. Attorney's office, where he prosecuted cases at the trial and appellate levels. In 1975, he left the U.S. Attorney's office to teach at the Antioch School of Law. In 1981, he became a Superior Court judge, and in 1991 he was elevated to the appeals court. He took senior status in 1998 and retired from the bench in 2016.