Warren R. King

Warren R. King

Senior Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals
In office 1998–2016
Associate Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals
In office 1991 – 1998
Nominated by	George H.W. Bush
Preceded by	Theodore R. Newman
Succeeded by	Eric T. Washington
Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia
In office 1981–1991
Nominated by	Ronald Reagan
Preceded by	Fred L. McIntyre
Succeeded by	Ann O. Keary

Personal details
Born	1937 (age 79–80) Takoma Park, Maryland
Spouse(s)	Joyce Hanahan Deroy
Alma mater	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (B.E.) American University (J.D.) Yale University (LL.M.)

Warren R. King (born 1937) was a judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia and the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. Raised in Washington, D.C., and Maryland, King 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.