ANDREW DAM (he/him) was appointed as an Administrative Law Judge for the District of Columbia Office of Administrative Hearings in August 2026.

Judge Dam grew up in Evansville, Indiana and attended Indiana University, earning his Bachelor of Science in Law & Public Policy with a Minor in Economics in 2017. He graduated with his Juris Doctorate from Georgetown Law in 2020.

Judge Dam clerked for the Honorable Laura A. Cordero in D.C. Superior Court from August 2020 to April 2023. From January 2023 to April 2023, Andrew also clerked for the Honorable Leslie A. Meek. From April 2023 to March 2024, he worked as a trial attorney for the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of General Counsel, Litigation. He then served as an attorney advisor, attorney investigator, and administrative judge in DOE’s Office of Hearings and Appeals from March 2024 to August 2026, covering Freedom of Information Act appeals, appeals involving infrastructure funding, whistleblower investigations and adjudications, and security clearance hearings.