Hon. Stephen Rickard has served as a Magistrate Judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia since 2022. Since joining the bench, he has served in the Civil Division, including in the Landlord and Tenant Branch, the Small Claims Branch, and the Mortgage Foreclosure and Debt Collection calendars. He serves on multiple Court committees, including the Information Technology Steering Committee, the Committee on Jury Instructions, and the Committee on Judicial Education & Training.

Before joining the court, Judge Rickard was an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, serving as a line attorney in the Homicide Section. He served in several supervisory roles, including Chief of the General Crimes Section, Deputy Chief of the Major Crimes Sections, and Deputy Chief of the Misdemeanor Unit. He also served in the Appellate Division.

Judge Rickard earned his Bachelor of Arts degree, magna cum laude, from Brown University and his Juris Doctor, summa cum laude, from the Boston University School of Law. Following law school, he clerked for the Honorable Joseph L. Tauro on the United States District Court of the District of Massachusetts and the Honorable Juan R. Torruella on the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.