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 "Jury Trial Management for the 21st Century" which features a set of judicial education curricula focusing on jury selection and jury deliberations.

In 2008, he participated as a North American jury trial expert at the first-ever meeting of former Russian jurors in Moscow.  This Juror Summit, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, has led to ongoing assistance aimed at widely educating Russians about the virtues of trial by jury.

Judge Mize was appointed to the trial bench by President George H.W. Bush in 1990.  In that capacity, he presided over hundreds of civil and criminal jury trials in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.  In 2002, he took on senior judge status.  From 1997 to 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:  "Jury Trial Innovations Across America:  How We Are Teaching and Learning from Each Other," 1 J. of Court Innovation 189 (2008); "Building a Better Voir Dire Process," The Judges' Journal, Vol. 47, No. 1 (Winter 2008); "Be Cautious of the Quiet Ones," Voir Dire , Vol. 10, No. 2 (Summer 2003); and  "On Better Jury Selection - Spotting UFO Jurors Before They Enter the Jury Room," Court Review, Vol. 33, No. 1 (Spring 1999).

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

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