The Law of Evidence in the District of Columbia

Steffen W. Graae served from 1982 to 2004 as an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. At the time of his retirement, Judge Graae was Presiding Judge of the Civil Division. He received his J.D. from Georgetown University in 1973. He received an M.A. from Oxford University, UK, and a B.A. from Yale University. He served as law clerk to the late Judge John Garrett Penn, then of the District of Columbia Superior Court and later of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Judge Graae passed away on September 16, 2005.

Brian T. FitzPatrick has practiced white collar, commercial, personal injury, and public interest litigation in New York for nearly 30 years. He received a J.D. from Antioch School of Law in 1981 and an LL.M from New York University School of Law (business crimes) in 1993. He has a B.A. and M.A. from the University of Hawaii. He served as law clerk to Judge Steffen W. Graae of the District of Columbia Superior Court and to Judge Edward R. Neaher of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Mr. FitzPatrick is a member of the bars of the District of Columbia and New York.

Henry F. Greene has served since 1981 as an Associate and Senior Judge of the D.C. Superior Court, and has sat by designation in the D.C. Court of Appeals. He chaired the Court’s Rules Committee for ten years, served on the faculty of the National Judicial College, and has been a Professorial Lecturer in Law at George Washington University Law School since 2008, as well as a member of the faculty of the Harvard Trial Advocacy Workshop. He received his B.A. from Harvard College in 1963 and his LL.B. from Columbia University in 1966, clerked for the late Judge William B. Bryant of the U.S. District Court, and served as an Assistant United States Attorney before his appointment to the bench.

Judge Robert E. Morin has served since 1996 as an Associate Judge, Chief Judge and Senior Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. Since 1986, Judge Morin has served as an Adjunct Professor of Law at the Georgetown Law Center teaching Evidence. Judge Morin graduated from the University of Massachusetts with a degree in Sociology in 1974. He received his law degree from Catholic University Law School in 1977. Prior to joining the Court, Judge Morin primarily represented individuals in capital cases at Southern Center for Human Rights, Maryland Public Defender and private practice. For his work in these areas, in 1993 he was named Lawyer of the Year by both the Maryland Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys and the District of Columbia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.