Vijay Shanker at a glance
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- Associate Judge
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Vijay Shanker
Associate Judge · District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Available research
Biography
Professional career
- From 2005 to 2022, Judge Shanker served in various capacities in the United States Department of Justice.
- He served as a law clerk for Judge Chester J. Straub on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit from 2000 to 2001.
- Earlier in his career, Judge Shanker was an associate at Mayer Brown from 2004 to 2005 and at Covington & Burling from 1999 to 2000 and 2001 to 2004.
- He previously served as Vice President of the Board of Directors of Calvary Women’s Services.
- From 2005 to 2012 he was an attorney in the Appellate Section of the Criminal Division.
- Judge Shanker returned to the Appellate Section as Deputy Chief in 2014, serving in that role until 2019, when he began a detail as Senior Litigation Counsel in the Criminal Division’s Fraud Section.
- From 2012 to 2014 he served in the Office of the Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division, including as Counselor and Acting Deputy Chief of Staff to the Assistant Attorney General.
Judicial service
- The Honorable Vijay Shanker was appointed to the District of Columbia Court of Appeals in December 2022 by President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Education
- Duke University · B.A., 1994
- University of Virginia School of Law · J.D., 1999
Courtroom rules and guidance
No applicable courtroom procedure is currently documented in the indexed public sources.
Sources
District of Columbia Courts official judicial roster
Identity source · HTML · checked August 22, 2026
https://www.dccourts.gov/court-of-appeals/court-of-appeals-judgesFY 2027 Budget Justification
Judge research source · PDF · checked July 27, 2026
https://www.dccourts.gov/sites/default/files/matters-docs/FY-2027-Budget-Justification.pdf