Andrea L. Hertzfeld

Andrea L. Hertzfeld
Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia
Incumbent
Assumed office
November 2019
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byStuart Gordon Nash
Personal details
Born (1979-07-27) July 27, 1979 (age 45)[1]
Waterville, Ohio, U.S.
EducationBowling Green State University (BA)
Harvard University (JD)

Andrea Lynn Hertzfeld (born July 27, 1979) is an associate judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.

Education and career

Hertzfeld earned her Bachelor of Arts from Bowling Green State University and her Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School.[2]

She worked in the U.S. Attorney's Office in the District of Columbia later became an assistant United States attorney.[3]

D.C. Superior court

President Donald Trump nominated Hertzfeld on May 6, 2019, to a 15-year term as an associate judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. She was nominated to the seat vacated by Stuart Gordon Nash.[4] On October 22, 2019, the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs held a hearing on her nomination.[5] The Senate confirmed her nomination on November 21, 2019, by voice vote.[6]

In 2023, Hertzfeld was criticized by D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser for allowing a 15-year-old facing robbery and theft charges to be released home instead of holding the teen in a secure facility. The teen was allegedly involved in a fatal carjacking days later. Hertzfeld said that there was not enough room in youth shelter housing to hold the suspect and criticized the Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services. A Superior Court spokesman also placed partial responsibility on the D.C. Attorney General. While criticizing Hertzfeld, Bowser erroneously stated that the teen had been arrested 6 or 7 times for carjacking previously. The teen instead had 12 previous charges of robbery as well as charges of weapons possession, destruction of property and receiving stolen property.[7][8]

References

  1. ^ Who's who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges. Randall Publishing Company. 2001. p. 566.
  2. ^ "THE HONORABLE ANDREA LYNN HERTZFELD ASSOCIATE JUDGE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUBIA" (PDF). 2020. Retrieved March 13, 2023.
  3. ^ "Andrea Lynn Hertzfeld". dc.gov. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
  4. ^ "Three Nominations Sent to the Senate". whitehouse.gov. May 6, 2019. Retrieved November 25, 2019 – via National Archives.
  5. ^ "Nominations of Joshua A. Deahl to be an Associate Judge, District of Columbia Court of Appeals; Deborah J. Israel and Andrea L. Hertzfeld to be Associate Judges, Superior Court of the District of Columbia; and Robert A. Dixon to be United States Marshal for the Superior Court of the District of Columbia". United States Senate. October 22, 2019. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
  6. ^ "PN717 — Andrea L. Hertzfeld — The Judiciary". United States Congress. 2019-11-21. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
  7. ^ "Carjackings prompt finger-pointing and criticisms among D.C. officials". Washington Post. November 2, 2023.
  8. ^ "Bowser slams DC judge for sending 15-year-old carjacking suspect home". NBC News. October 31, 2023.