Draft:Sherri Beatty-Arthur

Sherri Malloy Beatty-Arthur is an American lawyer from who has served as a magistrate judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia since 2020. She is a nominee to serve as an associate judge of the same court.

Education
Beatty-Arthur received a Bachelor of Arts from University of Maryland, College Park in 1995, a Juris Doctor from Howard University School of Law in 1998 and a Master of Business Administration from University of Maryland, University College in 2011.

Career
From 1999 to 2003, Beatty-Arthur was an attorney at the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. From 2003 to 2010, she was a partner at Arthur & Arthur PLLC. From 2010 to 2011, she was executive director of the District of Columbia Office of Administrative Hearings, from 2012 to 2014, she was chief of human resources for the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia and from 2014 to 2020, she was an administrative law judge in the District of Columbia Office of Administrative Hearings. Since 2020, she has served as a magistrate judge for the District of Columbia Superior Court.

Nomination to D.C. superior court
On November 15, 2023, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Beatty-Arthur to serve as an associcate judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. On November 27, 2023, her nomination was sent to the Senate. President Biden nominated Beatty-Arthur to the seat vacated by Judge Carol Dalton, who retired on January 30, 2020. On June 4, 2024, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. Her nomination is pending before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.

Personal life
She is married to Errol Rajesh Arthur, who is also a judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.