Neomi Rao
Neomi Rao | |
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Official portrait, 2018 | |
| Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit | |
| Assumed office March 18, 2019 | |
| Appointed by | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Brett Kavanaugh |
| Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs | |
| In office July 18, 2017 – March 18, 2019 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Howard Shelanski |
| Succeeded by | Paul J. Ray |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Neomi Jehangir Rao March 22, 1973 Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| Spouse | Alan Lefkowitz |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Yale University (BA) University of Chicago (JD) |
Neomi Jehangir Rao (born March 22, 1973) is an American jurist and legal scholar serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit since 2019. 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. She was previously a professor of law at George Mason University's Antonin Scalia Law School.