District Judge Amir H. Ali was appointed to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia by President Joseph R. Biden on December 2, 2024.
Before his appointment, Judge Ali served as the national Executive Director of the MacArthur Justice Center, which he joined in 2017 to found and lead its Washington, D.C. office, focusing on civil rights litigation. He previously practiced at Jenner & Block LLP in Washington, D.C. with an active pro bono practice in complex commercial litigation. He has taught civil, criminal, and appellate litigation at Harvard Law School, Georgetown University Law Center, and the University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law.
Education
- Harvard Law School, J.D., magna cum laude
- University of Waterloo, Bachelor's in Software Engineering
Career
- District Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (2024–present)
- National Executive Director, MacArthur Justice Center (2017–2024)
- Founder, MacArthur Justice Center Washington, D.C. office (2017)
- Attorney, Jenner & Block LLP, Washington, D.C.
- Law clerk to Justice Marshall Rothstein, Supreme Court of Canada
- Law clerk to Judge Raymond C. Fisher, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit