Neomi Rao

Neomi Rao
Official portrait, 2018
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Assumed office
March 18, 2019
Appointed byDonald Trump
Preceded byBrett Kavanaugh
Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
In office
July 18, 2017 – March 18, 2019
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byHoward Shelanski
Succeeded byPaul J. Ray
Personal details
Born
Neomi Jehangir Rao

(1973-03-22) March 22, 1973 (age 51)
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
SpouseAlan Lefkowitz
EducationYale University (BA)
University of Chicago (JD)

Neomi Jehangir Rao (born March 22, 1973)[1] is an American jurist and legal scholar serving since 2019 as a U.S. circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. She was appointed by President Donald Trump, having served in the Trump Administration from 2017 to 2019 as Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs.[2] She was previously a professor of law at George Mason University's Antonin Scalia Law School.

  1. ^ Voruganti, Harsh (February 11, 2019). "Neomi Rao – Nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit". VettingRoom.org. Retrieved October 18, 2019.
  2. ^ Adler, Jonathan (April 7, 2017). "White House names Neomi Rao as next 'regulatory czar'". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 18, 2017.