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At the Temple Law Offices, our team of experienced attorneys understand the complexity of the law and work tirelessly to represent our diverse, international client base. We define success by our ability to protect our clients’ interests at both the negotiation table and in the courtroom. Skilled in both complex litigation and business transactions, we are greatly suited to take on any number of challenges that a business or individual may face. Attorney Temple enjoys over forty five years of combined civil litigation, administrative law, and legislative experience and has litigated successfully in DC and Maryland trial, appellate, and administrative courts, as well as other jurisdictions.
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“Sitting in the courtroom and observing the jurors’ faces as attorney Donald Temple delivered his closing arguments in the case of Eric Payne v. the District of Columbia, every fiber of my being sensed that justice was soon going to roll ‘down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.’”
Recent Defining Accomplishments
Keynote Speaker of the January 2024 Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration hosted by the Department of Justice, Community Relations Service Diversity Committee, 2024.
Attorney Temple inducted into the DC Hall of Fame.
Two-time Key Note Speaker at King Abdullah Academy.
Founder and instructor Charles Hamilton Houston Pre-Law Institute.
Georgetown Law School the Robert F. Drinan Award, 2021.
The Washington Bar Association Charles Hamilton Houston Medallion.
National Conference of Black Lawyers, “Lawyer of the Year Award”.
National Bar Association Heman Marion Sweatt Award, 2019.
Washington Bar Association Charlotte E. Ray Award.
Washington Metropolitan Area Lawyers Association “Lawyer of the Year” Award, 2018.
National Bar Association youngest lawyer to receive the Gertrude Rush Award, 1990.
Appellate Litigation:
Reversal, Karen Richardson, DC Court of Appeals, 2024
Reversal, Andia Evans v. JoAnn Hood, et al., DC State Court, 2022
Reversal, CSMI v. Vesta, DC Circuit Court of Appeals, 2019
Reversal, Nanko Shipping, DC Circuit Court of Appeals, 2017
Reversal, Laura Jackson v. D.C., DC Court of Appeals, 2017
Reversal, Wilbert Harris v. U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, U.S. District Court for DC, 2015
Reversal, Brown v. UDC, DC Circuit Court of Appeals, 2014
Reversal, Nigel L. Scott v. Janice Burgin, DC Court of Appeals, 2014
Affirm, Tenisha Jiggets v. Christopher T. Long, 4th Circuit U.S. District Court, 2013
Reversal, Linwood Q. Ham SR. ; Benjamin Porter; Andre Proctor v. Washington Suburban Sanitization Commission, Trial Verdict, 4th Circuit U.S. District, Court, 2005
Reversal, Vizion One v. D.C., 7 years
Donald Temple, then Congressman Walter Fauntroy and Rev. Jesse Jackson at Howard University,1989
Donald Temple running for Congress
Donald with D.C. residents at a community protest
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