JNC Recommends Candidates for Superior Court of the District of Columbia Vacancies
The District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission (“Commission”) has recommended to the President the names of the six attorneys listed below for his consideration in selecting a nominee to fill the judicial vacancy on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia (“Superior Court”) resulting from the expiration of the term of the Honorable John F. McCabe, Jr. and the resignation of the Honorable James A. Crowell, IV. The President has sixty (60) days to select a nominee to fill these vacancies.
The Commission recommends the following candidates for the McCabe vacancy:
Niquelle M. Allen, Esq., currently serves as the Director of Open Government for the District of Columbia Board of Ethics and Government Accountability (“BEGA”), where she leads enforcement of the Open Meetings Act and advises District agencies, public officials, and residents on the District of Columbia Freedom of Information Act (“DC FOIA”). Since 2018, she has expanded the Office of Open Government, modernized its regulations, and issued more than 70 advisory opinions resolving Open Meetings Act matters and addressing questions of law under DC FOIA.
Before joining BEGA, Ms. Allen served as Senior Policy Advisor and Counsel in the Office of the Chief Technology Officer and as Interim Director of DC-Net, the District’s municipal fiber-optic network. Her work spanned technology policy, privacy, cybersecurity, broadband infrastructure, and federal telecommunications regulation. She previously served as an Assistant Attorney General in the District of Columbia Office of the Attorney General (“OAG”), litigating civil rights, employment, and tort matters in the Superior Court and federal court, and advising District regulatory agencies.
Ms. Allen earned her Bachelor of Arts from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and her Juris Doctor from North Carolina Central University.
Brian W. Amy, Jr., Esq., is an Attorney Advisor in the Civil Division of the Superior Court. In this role, he provides legal and procedural advice and assistance to Associate Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Senior Judges, as well as to court administrators and other court personnel, to ensure compliance with the D.C. Code, case law, and Civil Division policies, business processes, and standard operating procedures. He also performs legal research and prepares legal memoranda for Civil Division Judges. He monitors case activity and caseloads to ensure conformance with court performance standards. Mr. Amy also conducts and assists with training for judicial officers and staff, court administrators, and other court personnel on division rules, processes, and procedures.
Before joining the Superior Court, Mr. Amy served as an Assistant Attorney General at the OAG, representing the District of Columbia before the Superior Court, the Office of Administrative Hearings, and various administrative agencies.
Mr. Amy earned his Bachelor of Arts and Master of Government from Johns Hopkins University, his Juris Doctor and Diploma in Comparative Law from Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center, and an LL.M. in Litigation and Dispute Resolution from George Washington University Law School.
Angela N. Buckner, Esq., currently serves as Chief of the General Crimes Section at the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia (“USAO-DC”), overseeing the Misdemeanor, Felony Trial, Case Initiation, and Grand Jury Units.
Before her current role, Ms. Buckner was a trial attorney in the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”), Criminal Division’s Human Rights and Special Prosecutions Section, where she prosecuted complex transnational human smuggling offenses, human rights violations, and international violent crime, including sexual assault and homicide. Ms. Buckner previously served as an Assistant United States Attorney (“AUSA”) for the District of Columbia, prosecuting offenses ranging from misdemeanor assaults and felony gun possession to federal child exploitation and trafficking.
Ms. Buckner is a Judge Advocate in the United States Army Reserve, and her past assignments have included roles as defense counsel, senior legal advisor, and ethics counsel. Earlier in her career, Ms. Buckner served as a law enforcement officer with the Department of Homeland Security and later as an associate at Nixon Peabody LLP.
Ms. Buckner earned her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Michigan and her Juris Doctor from George Washington Law School.
The Commission recommends the following candidates for the Crowell vacancy:
Alissa B. Kempler, Esq., currently serves as an attorney in the Criminal Division’s Office of Policy and Legislation at the DOJ, where she manages advocacy before the United States Sentencing Commission (“Sentencing Commission”), drafts comment letters on proposed amendments to the Sentencing Guidelines, and prepares witnesses to testify before the Sentencing Commission. She previously served as Senior Counsel and the Criminal Division’s inaugural Victim Policy Coordinator in the Division’s Front Office, advising on crime victims’ rights. She also served as counsel in the DOJ’s Office of Legal Policy, advising on violent crime reduction and judicial nominations.
Before joining the Criminal Division, Ms. Kempler served as an AUSA at the USAO-DC, where she prosecuted violent crime. She also served as an Assistant District Attorney in the Bronx County District Attorney’s Office, where she prosecuted violent crime.
In recognition of her work at the DOJ, Ms. Kempler has received the Attorney General’s Claudia J. Flynn Award for Professional Responsibility and the Assistant Attorney General’s Award for Distinguished Service.
Ms. Kempler earned her Bachelor of Arts from Tufts University and her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts. She earned her Juris Doctor, cum laude, from The George Washington University Law School.
Michael B. Redmann, Esq., currently serves as Deputy Chief of the International Unit of the Money Laundering, Narcotics and Forfeiture Section at the DOJ. In that role, he supervises complex money laundering prosecutions and civil forfeiture cases arising from transnational criminal activity that affects the United States financial system. Mr. Redmann has served as lead attorney in several successful prosecutions of individuals who laundered proceeds of foreign corruption in the United States. He has received the Department of Justice Criminal Division Assistant Attorney General Award for Distinguished Service, among other honors.
Before his current role, Mr. Redmann served as an AUSA in New Orleans, Louisiana. During that time, he secured numerous felony convictions and led investigations into drug trafficking, racketeering, honest services fraud, and extortion. He also served as an Assistant District Attorney in New Orleans, where he tried felony jury trials involving homicide, violent crime, and drug offenses.
Mr. Redmann earned his Bachelor of Arts from Washington University in St. Louis. He also earned his Juris Doctor and Bachelor of Civil Law from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge.
Hon. David N. Richter currently serves as a Magistrate Judge on the Superior Court. He sits in the Criminal Division, Traffic Branch, presiding over hearings and trials in criminal cases prosecuted by the OAG. He previously served in the Civil Division, including the Landlord and Tenant Branch and the Small Claims Branch. Judge Richter also serves on the Committee on Judicial Education and Training, the Subcommittee on Law Clerk Training, and the Committee on CJA Investigators.
Before joining the bench, Judge Richter worked for the District of Columbia Criminal Code Reform Commission, where he helped draft and review criminal justice legislation and advised the City Council on proposed laws. Judge Richter was a solo practitioner specializing in defending indigent individuals charged with crimes in the Superior Court. Over nearly thirteen years in practice, primarily as a Criminal Justice Act Panel member, Judge Richter served as lead counsel in hundreds of criminal cases. He has represented juveniles in delinquency matters and adults charged with misdemeanors, domestic violence, and serious felonies. Judge Richter also served on the board of the District of Columbia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and on the Superior Court Trial Lawyers Association’s Committee on the Criminal Justice Act Panel.
Judge Richter earned his Bachelor of Arts from Bates College and his Juris Doctor from Santa Clara University School of Law. After law school, he clerked for the Honorable Robert E. Morin and the Honorable Geoffrey M. Alprin on the Superior Court.
Please direct any questions to the Commission’s Executive Director, Tracy B. Nutall, Esq., at (202) 879-0478 or [email protected].
Members of the District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission
The Honorable Marie C. Johns
PPC-Leftwich
900 7th Street, NW
Suite 700
Washington, DC 20001
(202) 434-9124
[email protected]
Benjamin F. Wilson, Esq.
7825 Orchid Street, NW
Washington, DC 20012
(202) 657-2534
[email protected]
Addy R. Schmitt, Esq.
Kropf Moseley Schmitt
1100 H Street, NW
Suite 1220
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 236-5291
[email protected]
Vincent H. Cohen, Jr., Esq.
Dechert LLP
1900 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006
(202) 261-3432
[email protected]
The Honorable Linda W. Cropp
4001 18th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20011
(202) 726-0505
[email protected]
The Honorable Tanya S. Chutkan
United States District Court for the District of Columbia
United States Courthouse
333 Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001
(202) 354-3390
[email protected]
Margarita K. O’Donnell, Esq.
Zuckerman Spaeder LLP
2100 L Street, NW
Suite 400
Washington, DC 20037
(202) 367-6702
[email protected]
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