Jeanette Clark at a glance
- Current role
- Senior Judge
- Court
- Superior Court of the District of Columbia
- Jurisdiction
- District of Columbia · State
- Judicial service
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Jeanette Clark
Senior Judge · Superior Court of the District of Columbia
Available research
Biography
Professional career
- Upon graduation from law school, Judge Clark served as a law clerk to the Honorable Warren R. King of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
- While at WMATA, Judge Clark practiced in the civil litigation and general law sections of the Office of the General Counsel and served as Special Assistant to a WMATA General Manager for two and one-half years.
- Judge Clark served as Deputy General Counsel of the District of Columbia Housing Authority for eighteen months between 1996 and 1997 and afterwards returned to WMATA before her appointment to the bench.
- After her clerkship, Judge Clark was an Associate with the law firm of Steptoe & Johnson until 1986.
- She also served on the Board of Trustees of Trinity College, Washington, D.C. for six years.
- During her tenure at the court, Judge Clark has served on several court committees: Buildings & Grounds, Civil Rules, Selection and Tenure of Magistrate Judges, Family Law Implementation Committee and co-chair of Family Law Subcommittee, and the Security Committee.
Judicial service
- Judge Jeanette Jackson Clark was appointed to the District of Columbia Superior Court in 2002 by President George W. Bush.
Education
- Wheelock College, Boston · M.S.
- Howard University School of Law School · Law degree, 1983
- Trinity College, Washington, D · B.A.
Courtroom rules and guidance
Recording And Rebroadcasting
Recording, photographing, or rebroadcasting a remote Superior Court hearing is not allowed.
Audio and video recording, taking pictures of remote hearings, and sharing the live or recorded remote hearing by rebroadcasting, live-streaming, or otherwise are not allowed.Hearing Information ↗
Sources
District of Columbia Courts official judicial roster
Identity source · HTML · checked July 29, 2026
https://www.dccourts.gov/superior-court/superior-court-judges/clark-jeanetteHearing Information
Judge research source · HTML · checked July 27, 2026
https://www.dccourts.gov/superior-court/hearing-information