Tanya Jones Bosier

Tanya Monique Jones Bosier is an American lawyer who has served as a magistrate judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia since 2017. She is a nominee to serve as a judge of the same court.

Tanya Jones Bosier
Personal details
EducationSyracuse University (BA)
American University (JD)

Education

Jones Bosier earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Syracuse University in 1995 and a Juris Doctor from the American University Washington College of Law in 2000 where she received the Covington and Burling LLP and Equal Justice Fellowships. While attending Syracuse University, Jones Bosier received a scholarship to study in Harare, Zimbabwe.[1][2]

Career

From 2000 to 2001, Jones Bosier served as a law clerk for Judge Zoe Bush on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.[3] She served as an assistant attorney general in the District of Columbia Attorney General's Office from 2001 to 2014. In 2014 and 2015, Jones Bosier served as assistant general counsel for the District of Columbia Department of Human Services. She served as assistant general counsel for the District of Columbia Courts from 2015 to 2017 and was nominated as a magistrate judge in 2017.[1]

Nomination to D.C. superior court

On March 20, 2023, President Biden announced his intent to nominate Jones Bosier to serve as a judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.[1]

On March 21, 2023, her nomination was sent to the Senate. President Biden nominated Jones Bosier to the seat vacated by Judge Gerald Fisher, who retired on August 31, 2022.[4] Her nomination is pending before the United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Recognition

Jones Bosier was awarded the 2014-2015 Adjunct Professor of the Year and the 2018 American University Washington College of Law Hairston Alumni Award.[5]

References
  1. "President Biden Names Thirty-First Round of Judicial Nominees and Announces New Nominees to Serve as U.S. Attorney". The White House. 2023-03-20. Retrieved 2023-03-21. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. "Hon. Tanya M. Jones Bosier | jnc". jnc.dc.gov.
  3. "Faculty". American University Washington College of Law. Retrieved 2023-03-21.
  4. "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. March 21, 2023.
  5. "Hon. Tanya M. Jones Bosier | jnc". jnc.dc.gov.


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