Deborah Jean Israel (born November 10, 1964) is an associate judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.

She worked in private practice as a partner at DLA Piper, and later at Womble Bond Dickinson.

[2] President Barack Obama nominated Israel on September 27, 2016, to become an associate judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.

President Donald Trump nominated her on September 7, 2017, to the same court to the seat on the vacated by Melvin R. Wright.

[3] On October 22, 2019, the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs held a hearing on her nomination.