Federal Judicial Center Operational Status:
Due to a lapse in appropriations, the Federal Judicial Center (Center) has ceased all non-excepted activities until funding is restored.
The Center will post any changes in operational status on this web page. Please check back for updates.
You are here
Rao, Neomi Jehangir
Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Nominated by Donald J. Trump on January 23, 2019, to a seat vacated by Brett M. Kavanaugh. Confirmed by the Senate on March 13, 2019, and received commission on March 18, 2019.
Education:
Yale University, B.A., 1995
University of Chicago Law School, J.D., 1999
Temple Bar Scholar, American Inns of Court, 2002
Professional 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
Nominated to U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, November 14, 2018; no Senate vote