| Shana Frost Matini | |
| President1: | Donald Trump |
| Term Start1: | August 2019 |
| Predecessor1: | Zoe Bush |
| Office2: | Magistrate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia |
| Term Start2: | 2016 |
| Term End2: | 2019 |
| Birth Name: | Shana Lyn Malinowski[1] |
| Birth Date: | 18 April 1970 |
| Birth Place: | Vineland, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Education: | George Washington University (BA) University of the District of Columbia (JD) |
Shana Frost Matini (born April 18, 1970) is an American lawyer and jurist serving as an associate judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. Matini served as a magistrate judge on the Superior Court from 2016 to 2019.
Matini was born in Vineland, New Jersey. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from George Washington University and a Juris Doctor from the David A. Clarke School of Law at the University of the District of Columbia. After law school, she clerked for Richard A. Levie of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.[2]
Prior to becoming a judge, Matini taught English at the Language Teacher's Training College in Slupsk, Poland. She served as an assistant attorney general in the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia. Matini has also served as senior legal fellow for the Einstein Institute for Science, Health and the Courts.
In February 2018, Matini was nominated by President Donald Trump to a 15-year term as an associate judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. She was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on August 1, 2019.[3] [4] Her official investiture ceremony took place on January 10, 2020.[5]