Judge Gregory E. Mize (Ret.)

Judge Mize is currently a Judicial Fellow at the National Center for State Courts. In that capacity, he is guiding a National Jury Program designed to help state courts around the country improve their jury trial systems. He is also the project director of the “State of the States” survey of state jury trial practices, the information baseline for that Program.

He was appointed to the trial bench by President George H.W. Bush. Thereafter, from 1990 to 2002, he presided over hundreds of civil and criminal jury trials in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia . In 1997-1998, Judge Mize co-chaired the D.C. Jury Project, resulting in issuance of “Juries for the Year 2000 and Beyond” containing proposals to improve jury practices in the Superior Court and the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia .

His writings include “On Better Jury Selection – Spotting UFO Jurors Before They Enter the Jury Room,” Court Review , Vol. 33, No. 1 (Spring 1999) and “Be Cautious of the Quiet Ones,” Voir Dire , Vol. 10, No. 2 (Summer 2003).

He is an adjunct professor at the University of Virginia Law School.

Before joining the trial bench, Judge Mize was the General Counsel to the District of Columbia City Council.