Christopher Costa was appointed as an Administrative Law Judge for the District of Columbia Office of Administrative Hearings in May 2018, and hears appeals from decisions of numerous government agencies of the District Government and is a certified mediator.  Before his appointment, Judge Costa practiced primarily civil litigation of a variety of cases in various private law firms and in law offices of federal, state, and local governments.  In addition to federal and state courts, Judge Costa has appeared in a variety of administrative tribunals and served in the Drug Enforcement Administration through the U.S. Attorney General’s Honors Program.  He has also advocated for clients in mediation and arbitration, contract negotiations, and legislative and regulatory proceedings.  Judge Costa earned a J.D. Cum Laude from George Mason University School of Law where he was Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of International Legal Studies and a Dean’s Scholar.  He has taught as an adjunct professor with the Antonin Scalia Law School and the Georgetown Law Center.  Judge Costa is also a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer having served, from 1994 to 1996, in the Transylvanian region of Romania.  And as the proud father of a teenage son, he wonders, “Does anybody have a map?”