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Vijay Shanker
Judge, District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Background: Shanker earned his B.A., cum laude, in public policy from Duke University in 1994 and his J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center in 1999. During his legal studies, Shanker was inducted into the Order of the Coif and was a notes editor of the Virginia Law Review.
At a glance
- Court
- District of Columbia Court of Appeals
- Position / seat
- Not listed
- Chief justice
- No
- How they joined the court
- Appointed by President Joe Biden (D)
- Appointed by
- President Joe Biden (D)
- Appointment date
- Not listed
- Took office
- December 21, 2022
- Current term ends
- 2037
- Next election or retention vote
- Not listed
- Last election
- Not listed
- Party (as listed by Ballotpedia)
- Nonpartisan
- Ballotpedia partisanship estimate
- Not listed
- Education
- High school: Westerville North High School
- Bachelor's: Duke University, 1994
- Law: University of Virginia School of Law, 1999
- Prior offices
- Not listed
- Profession
- Not listed
- How this court's justices are chosen
- U.S. President appoints, U.S. Senate confirmsThe U.S. President nominates and the U.S. Senate confirms (this is D.C.'s highest local court).
Summary of facts listed on Vijay Shanker’s Ballotpedia page (retrieved Oct 26, 2026) · Photo: Ballotpedia. “Not listed” means Ballotpedia didn’t list it in a form this site could read; check Ballotpedia for the latest.
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