Robert Rigsby


Robert Ray Rigsby is the former corporation counsel of the District of Columbia and a current Associate Judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.

Early life and career

Rigsby was born in San Francisco and raised in Vallejo, California. His father was a cook in the United States Army, and his mother was a nurse. While in college at San Jose State University, Rigsby was commissioned a second lieutenant in the United States Army Reserve. He became a JAG after graduating from University of California, Hastings College of the Law, and remained in the Army until 2014. He worked briefly as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia in 1992, after which he joined the office of the Corporation Counsel for the District of Columbia as head of the criminal division. He worked his way up through the office, becoming Corporation Counsel in February 2000.
Rigsby was nominated to the Superior Court by President George W. Bush on March 2, 2002, and confirmed by the United States Senate on July 25, 2002. He was sworn in on October 11, 2002.

Personal life

He is married to Anna Blackburne-Rigsby, chief judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, who served alongside him on the Superior Court until 2006.