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# Renee Raymond

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

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## 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