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# Raquel Trabal

Superior Court of the District of Columbia · Magistrate Judge

## Profile

- Court: Superior Court of the District of Columbia
- State: District of Columbia
- Role: Magistrate Judge
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-07-29

## Summary

Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

## 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

### recording and rebroadcasting

Scope: courtwide

Recording, photographing, or rebroadcasting a remote Superior Court hearing is not allowed.

Evidence excerpt: Audio and video recording, taking pictures of remote hearings, and sharing the live or recorded remote hearing by rebroadcasting, live-streaming, or otherwise are not allowed.

[Hearing Information](https://www.dccourts.gov/superior-court/hearing-information)
Source checked: 2026-07-27


## Sources

- [Official profile](https://www.dccourts.gov/superior-court/superior-court-judges/trabal-raquel)
- [Official roster](https://www.dccourts.gov/superior-court/superior-court-judges/trabal-raquel)
- [District of Columbia Courts official judicial roster](https://www.dccourts.gov/superior-court/superior-court-judges/trabal-raquel)
- [Hearing Information](https://www.dccourts.gov/superior-court/hearing-information)

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## Biography

### Professional career

- Sworn in on January 17, 2020 by Chief Judge Robert E. Morin, Judge Trabal serves in the Civil Division of the Superior Court
- Assistant Attorney General in the Child Support Policy and Training Sections, Office of the Attorney General for DC

### Education

- in East Asian Studies and Law & Society, Oberlin College — B.A. (1999)

### Additional information

- J.D., Thomas M. Cooley Law School (2006), where she served as Associate Editor for the Law Journal and President of the Hispanic Law Society
- Magistrate Judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, presiding over small claims, landlord–tenant, family, and juvenile matters
- Staff attorney for Legal Aid of Western Michigan
- She also presides in Family Court over parentage and support matters, juvenile arraignments, and issues Temporary Protection Orders in the Domestic Violence Division
- Before joining the bench, Judge Trabal was an Attorney Negotiator in the Superior Court’s Domestic Violence Division for seven years, negotiating civil protection orders in high‐conflict cases and helping implement the Extreme Risk Protection Order (“Red Flag”) law