The installation ceremony for Kimberley S. Knowles, Lloyd U. Nolan, and Errol Arthur will be held on Friday, September 10, 2010, at 4:00 p.m., on the Atrium Level of the H. Carl Moultrie I Courthouse. Chief Judge Lee F. Satterfield of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia will preside and administer the oath of office to Ms. Knowles, Mr. Nolan and Mr. Arthur.

Errol Arthur is a native Washingtonian. He graduated from St. John’s College High School in 1990, and received his B.A. in English from the University of Maryland at College Park in 1994. After graduating from Maryland, Mr. Arthur entered the Howard University School of Law. While at Howard Law, Mr. Arthur was a student attorney in the Criminal Justice Clinic, and Editor In Chief of The Barrister, Howard Law’s Newspaper.

After graduating from Howard Law in 1998, Mr. Arthur obtained a clerkship with the Honor- able Mary A. Gooden Terrell of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. In that capacity, he worked on a variety of criminal law and child abuse and neglect issues.

After completing his clerkship with Judge Terrell in 1999, Mr. Arthur joined the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia (PDS) as a staff attorney. While at PDS, he represented indigent clients in criminal, delinquency, and parole matters before the D.C. Superior Court, United States Parole Commission, and the D.C. Department Youth Rehabilitation Services.

In 2002, Mr. Arthur started his own law practice. Mr. Arthur represented clients in the District of Columbia and in Maryland in criminal, delinquency, child abuse and neglect, and civil matters. Mr. Arthur maintained his law practice until his appointment as a Magistrate Judge.

In 2008, Mayor Adrian Fenty appointed Mr. Arthur as the Chairman of the Board of Elections and Ethics for the District of Columbia where he provided oversight for the District’s Board of Elections as well as the District’s Office of Campaign Finance.

Additionally, Mr. Arthur, along with fellow Board members assisted in the administration of the District’s elections, the selection and implementation of the new voting equipment, and enforcement of the District’s elections and campaign finance laws. Mr. Arthur is married to Ms. Sherri M. Beatty-Arthur, Esq., and has two children Miles age 10, and Layla, age 7.