Ronna Lee Beck

Ronna Lee Beck is an Associate Judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.[1][2]

Ronna Lee Beck
Associate Judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia
Assumed office
May 26, 1995
PresidentBill Clinton
Preceded byBruce D. Beaudin
Personal details
BornPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Children3
EducationUniversity of Michigan (B.A.)
Yale Law School (J.D.)

Education and career

Beck earned her Bachelor of Arts from University of Michigan in 1969 and her Juris Doctor from Yale Law School in 1972.[3]

After graduating, she served as a law clerk for judge Theodore R. Newman Jr. on the D.C. Superior Court.

D.C. Superior Court

On January 4, 1995, President Bill Clinton nominated Beck to a fifteen-year term as an associate judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia to the seat vacated by Bruce D. Beaudin. On May 22, 1995, the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs held a hearing on her nomination. On May 25, 1995, the Committee reported her nomination favorably to the senate floor. On May 25, 1995, the full Senate confirmed her nomination by voice vote.[4]

On March 25, 2010, the Commission on Judicial Disabilities and Tenure recommended that President Obama reappoint her to second fifteen-year term as a judge on the D.C. Superior Court.[5]

Personal life

Beck was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 1972, she moved to Washington, D.C. where she has been living since. She is married and has three children.[2]

References
  1. "District of Columbia Superior Court Judges". www.dccourts.gov. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
  2. "Bio" (PDF). www.dccourts.gov. Retrieved January 19, 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. "Ronna Lee Beck". www.law.gwu.edu. Retrieved 2020-01-19.
  4. "PN3 - Nomination of Ronna Lee Beck for Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 104th Congress (1995-1996)". www.congress.gov. 1995-05-25. Retrieved 2020-01-19.
  5. "Honorable Ronna Lee Beck 2010 Reappointment Report | cjdt". cjdt.dc.gov. Retrieved 2020-01-19.
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