Judge Ebony M.  Scott was nominated  by President Joseph R. Biden  Jr. to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District  of Columbia in September  2021 and confirmed  by the Senate on February  7, 2022. Previously, Judge Scott was appointed  Magistrate Judge by Chief Judge Robert E. Morin in January 2020.

Judge Scott was born and raised  in Buffalo, N.Y. She graduated from the University of Rochester  with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and earned her law degree from American  University Washington College of Law in 2006. Following  graduation from law school,  Judge Scott served as a Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable Anna Blackburne-Rigsby on the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. Following her clerkship, she joined the law firm of Chaikin, Sherman,  Cammarata & Siegel, P.C., where she litigated personal injury cases on behalf of plaintiffs  in the District of Columbia and Maryland.  She later joined the Office of  the Attorney General for the District  of Columbia in 2012 as an Assistant Attorney  General, where she prosecuted a  variety of cases involving drug, firearm, and prostitution related nuisances, and  later served as Acting  Chief of her Section.

In 2016, Judge Scott joined the District  of Columbia Office of Human Rights as General  Counsel. In her role, she oversaw the day-to-day operations of the Legal Division  and managed the resolution of discrimination complaints arising under the D.C. Human Rights Act and other federal and District laws. In 2018, Judge Scott joined the Mayor’s  Office of Legal Counsel  as Deputy Director.  In this role, she  assisted the Director in supervising all agency counsel reporting to the Mayor, and  provided legal advice to the  Mayor, agency Directors,  and Deputy Mayors.

Judge Scott has always been committed to public service.  She previously served as an Abramson  Scholarship Foundation mentor, played an  active role on its mentoring committee, and currently volunteers for the Abramson Scholarship Foundation's Advisor  Network and serves on the Advisory  Council.  She is a former member of the Trial Lawyers' Association of Metropolitan Washington, D.C., and previously served as a governor on the Board of Governors, and as chair of the Education  Committee. She has also been an active member of the American Association for Justice and served for two years as one of the regional  coordinators for the Washington, D.C. regional  tournament for the National Student  Trial Advocacy Competition.  In 2023, Judge Scott received the Joseph H. Hairston Award by the Black alumni of the Washington College of Law  for her distinguished public service.