Hon. Eric S. Glover was appointed to serve as a Magistrate Judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia (Superior Court) by Chief Judge Anita Josey-Herring. He is a member of the Superior Court Judicial Education Committee.
Before joining the Court, Judge Glover served as General Counsel for the District of Columbia Department of Corrections. In this role, he provided legal advice to agency leadership and assisted in developing and implementing agency policies and programs. Prior to that, he worked at the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia (OAG) as Chief of its Civil Enforcement Section, managing OAG’s affirmative litigation team. He also served as a trial attorney with OAG’s Civil Litigation Division, defending the District, its employees, and its agencies in various civil lawsuits, including several civil rights matters filed under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Additionally, Judge Glover served as the General Counsel for the District’s Office of Risk Management and practiced criminal, civil, and medical malpractice law while residing in New York City.
Judge Glover is a member of the Council for Court Excellence and the Washington Bar Association. He is also a mentor with the Abrahamson Scholarship Foundation. Additionally, he is a former member of the D.C. Bar’s Litigation Section’s Steering Committee, the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council, and the District of Columbia Sentencing Commission. Judge Glover received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Morgan State University and his Juris Doctor from Howard University School of Law.