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Neomi Jehangir Rao
Active judge · U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Neomi Jehangir Rao serves on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Appointed by Donald J. Trump and confirmed Mar 13, 2019 by a 53–46 Senate vote. ABA rating: Well Qualified.
- Appointed by
- Donald J. Trump
- Confirmed
- Mar 13, 2019
- Senate vote
- 53–46
- ABA rating
- Well Qualified
- Born
- 1973
Appointments
- Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia CircuitDonald J. Trump · Mar 13, 2019
Education
- Yale UniversityB.A., 1995
- University of Chicago Law SchoolJ.D., 1999
- Temple Bar Scholar, American Inns of Court2002
Career
Law clerk, Hon. J. Harvie Wilkinson III, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 1999-2000; Counsel for nominations and constitutional law, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, 2000-2001; Law clerk, Hon. Clarence Thomas, Supreme Court of the United States, 2001-2002; Private practice, London, United Kingdom, 2002-2005; Associate counsel and special assistant to President George W. Bush, 2005-2006; Professor, George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School, 2006-2019; director and founder, C. Boyden Gray Center for the Study of the Administrative State, 2015-2017; Administrator, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 2017-2019
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