Sean Curtis Staples (born April 11, 1969) is an American lawyer who has served as an associate judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia since 2022.

[3] Staples served as a law clerk for Judge Robert E. Morin of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia from 1998 to 1999.

From 2006 to 2013, he was an attorney with the Children’s Law Center, last serving as the Guardian ad Litem Project Director.

[3] On June 30, 2021, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Staples to serve as a Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.

President Biden nominated Staples to the seat vacated by Judge Lee F. Satterfield, whose term expired on February 1, 2017.