Identity

About Beryl A. Howell

Titles and dates come from the District of Columbia court bio, the Federal Judicial Center, and the Congressional Record. Emphasis is the compiler’s. Identity confidence: high. The official judiciary still is used on this identity page and as the homepage lead. Date of birth is printed by the FJC as 1956; the exact day is omitted here because the FJC does not print it.

Beryl A. Howell, U.S. courts official still, 2018 — Beryl A. Howell. Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts official still, 13 December 2018. U.S. government work. Wikimedia Commons File:Beryl_Howell_(cropped).jpg.

Beryl Alaine Howell is a Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. The name is distinctive in that office. The court’s official biography, the Federal Judicial Center directory, and Senate nomination PN1967 (111th Congress) identify the same person. This page is identity only. The episodes live in the posts. This is not the biography the court would write for a ceremonial program.

Documented roles

Training. Born 1956, Fort Benning, Georgia (FJC year only). B.A., Bryn Mawr College, 1978, with honors in Philosophy (DCD bio). J.D., Columbia University School of Law, 1983, Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar (DCD bio). Clerk to Judge Dickinson R. Debevoise, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, 1983–1984. FJC; DCD bio.
1985–1987. Private practice, New York City. DCD bio names Schulte, Roth & Zabel. FJC says private practice, New York City.
1987–1993. Assistant United States Attorney, Eastern District of New York; deputy chief of the Narcotics Section (DCD bio). Attorney General’s Director’s Award for Superior Performance, per the same bio.
1993–2003. U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary: senior counsel 1993–1996; general counsel 1997–2003 (FJC). DCD bio: staff and general counsel of the Committee. The FJC does not name a single senator as the employer.
2003–2009. Executive managing director and general counsel, Stroz Friedberg (FJC). DCD bio describes the firm as a cybersecurity and digital-forensics consultancy.
2004–2013. Commissioner, U.S. Sentencing Commission (FJC; DCD: two terms, through January 2013).
July 14, 2010. Nominated by President Barack Obama to D.D.C., seat of Paul L. Friedman. PN1967.
December 22, 2010. Senate confirmation by voice vote. Congressional Record.
December 27, 2010. Commission issued. FJC.
March 2016–March 17, 2023. Chief Judge, D.D.C.; member, Judicial Conference of the United States. DCD bio; FJC. Succeeded by James E. Boasberg.
December 2023–. Appointed by the Chief Justice to the Judicial Conference Committee on Criminal Law (DCD bio).
February 1, 2024–present (as of 2026-08-26). Senior Judge, D.D.C. FJC.

What this site is not

It is not a finding that Judge Howell committed a crime. Grassley-released briefing notes are a memo, not a misconduct finding. A judicial-misconduct complaint (Stefanik, CASA) is an allegation. American Spectator’s “Time to Impeach” column is commentary. No House impeachment resolution against her was found as of 2026-08-26. Do not write IMPEACHED. A district-court injunction is not a Supreme Court holding. A disclosure order on Mueller grand-jury material is not a finding of guilt. Supervising D.D.C. grand juries as chief judge is not a handshake with Robert Mueller or Jack Smith.

It is not a White House product. It is not lawsuit-proof. Read the posts.