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Office of Administrative Hearings

OAH is conducting certain prioritized hearings right now and these will be by telephone only. The agency will be closed to the public until further notice. Read More >>
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Office of Administrative Hearings

Office Hours
Monday to Friday, 9 am to 5 pm, except District holidays

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One Judiciary Square
441 4th Street, NW, Suite 450 North, Washington, DC 20001
Phone: (202) 442-9094
TTY: 711

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Eugene A. Adams

Chief Administrative Law Judge

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Snow Policy

If you are scheduled for a hearing or a mediation on a day when there is an unscheduled closing or delayed opening, the following policies apply.

D.C. Government closes for the day.	All scheduled hearings and mediations are cancelled. Rescheduling notices will be issued.
D.C. Government has a liberal or unscheduled leave policy in effect.	All scheduled hearings and mediations are cancelled. Rescheduling notices will be issued. BUT if all parties appear and the assigned administrative law judge (ALJ) is available, the ALJ may elect to go ahead with the hearing.
D.C. Government has a one- or two-hour delay for all employees to report to work.	Hearings and mediations scheduled before the end of the delay are cancelled. Rescheduling notices will be issued. Hearings and mediations scheduled after the end of the delay are NOT cancelled and will go ahead as scheduled.
One-hour delay	All hearings and mediations scheduled to start after 10:00 a.m. will be held.
Two-hour delay	All hearings and mediations scheduled to start after 11:00 a.m. will be held.
D.C. Government has a liberal or unscheduled leave policy in effect together with a one- or two-hour delay.	All scheduled hearings and mediations are cancelled. Rescheduling notices will be issued.

DCPS Hearings
DCPS closes for the day.	All scheduled hearings and mediations are cancelled. DCPS will issue rescheduling notices
DCPS has a one- or two-hour delay of opening.
One-hour delay	The 9:15 a.m. hearings are cancelled. DCPS will issue rescheduling notices. The 11:15 a.m. hearings will be held.
Two-hour delay	The 9:15 a.m. hearings are cancelled. DCPS will issue rescheduling notices. The 11:15 a.m. hearings will be held UNLESS DCPS or the parent requests a continuance (before 11:15 a.m. and with notice to OAH before 11:15 a.m.).