Renee Raymond at a glance
- Current role
- Magistrate Judge
- Jurisdiction
- District of Columbia · State
- Judicial service
- Active
Renee Raymond
Magistrate Judge · Superior Court of the District of Columbia
Biography
Professional career
- Magistrate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, appointed in December 2013 by Chief Judge Lee F. Satterfield
- Training Director at PDS, designing an eight‐week program for new attorneys and leading an intensive training initiative to help start indigent criminal defense organizations in China (2006–early 2010)
- served as an adjunct professor at Washington College of Law
Education
- in English Literature, cum laude, Yale College — B.A.
- New York University School of Law, recipient of the Greene Award for Preeminent Achievement in the Art of Advocacy — J.D.
Additional information
- Before joining the judiciary, Raymond was a staff attorney with the DC Public Defender Service (PDS) for over 20 years
- She is a magistrate judge, which means she presides over a range of criminal matters, including arraignments, preliminary hearings, and other proceedings under the court’s jurisdiction
- She was a frequent guest faculty member at Harvard Law School’s Trial Advocacy Workshop and at numerous law schools and legal conferences nationwide
- Born and raised in South Central Los Angeles, Raymond attended Los Angeles High School before her academic and legal career
Applicable Court Rules & Procedures
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Sources
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