--- title: "Anne Rachel Traum | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/anne-rachel-traum" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-08" --- # Anne Rachel Traum U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada · Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada - State: Nevada - Role: Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-25 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - American lawyer, academic, and United States district judge for the District of Nevada, appointed by President Joe Biden and confirmed by the Senate in 2022 - Professor of law, 2014-2022 - Special counsel, Office for Access to Justice, U.S. Department of Justice, 2015-2016 - Associate professor of law, 2008-2014 - Adjunct professor of law, 2002 - Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Nevada, 2000-2002 - Attorney, Environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1998-2000 - Law clerk, Hon. Stanwood R. Duval, Jr., U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1996-1998 - Traum’s career reflects a strong emphasis on criminal justice reform, indigent defense, and pro se representation - Her scholarly work focuses on federal sentencing, guilty plea adjudication, habeas corpus, criminal procedure, appellate law, and access to justice ### Education - Brown University — B.A. (1991) ### Additional information - Co-director, Misdemeanor Clinic, 2018-2022 - Director, Appellate Clinic, 2009-2022 - Faculty, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law, 2002, 2008-2022 - Nominated: November 3, 2021, by President Biden to fill the seat vacated by Judge Robert Clive Jones - Associate dean for experimental legal eduation, 2013-2015, 2021 - Assistant federal public defender, Las Vegas, Nevada, 2002-2008 - Born 1969 in Redwood City, California. ## Before you appear - Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed. - Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance. - Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding. ## Courtroom Rules ### civil remote testimony Scope: courtwide In federal district-court civil proceedings, testimony is ordinarily taken in open court; remote contemporaneous testimony requires good cause in compelling circumstances and appropriate safeguards. Evidence excerpt: For good cause in compelling circumstances and with appropriate safeguards, the court may permit testimony in open court by contemporaneous transmission from a different location. [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### criminal recording and broadcasting Scope: courtwide Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception. Evidence excerpt: Except as otherwise provided by a statute or these rules, the court must not permit the taking of photographs in the courtroom during judicial proceedings or the broadcasting of judicial proceedings from the courtroom. [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://www.fjc.gov/node/11696401) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/11696401) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/11696401) - [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) - [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) - [Judge Anne Rachel Traum](https://www.fjc.gov/node/11696401) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/anne-rachel-traum", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/anne-rachel-traum", "name": "Anne Rachel Traum | KnowJudges", "description": "Anne Rachel Traum, U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada. 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Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-civil-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27. - [Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, December 1, 2025](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-8721a344fececced2257fe1d) — Criminal proceedings in United States District Courts; this conservative mapping does not distribute appellate-specific provisions to appellate judges. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.