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Robert I. Richter
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Tenure
2014 - Present
Years in position
11
Superior Court of the District of Columbia
Robert I. Richter was a judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. President Ronald Reagan (R) appointed Richter in 1984. Richter retired from active judicial service, assuming senior status, October 2, 2014.[1][2]
Education
Richter received his undergraduate degree from the University of Vermont in 1969 and his J.D. degree from the University of Chicago Law School in 1972.[1]
Career
- 1984-2014: Associate judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia
- 2014: Assumed senior judge status
- 1984-2014: Judge
- 1978-1984: Assistant chief of operations, Public Integrity Section of Criminal Division, United States Department of Justice
- 1975-1978: Assistant United States attorney, District of Columbia
- 1974-1975: Associate, Shea & Gardner
- Law clerk, Justice Harry Blackmun
- Law clerk, Judge Irving Goldberg [1]
See also
External links
- District of Columbia Courts, Superior Court, "Robert I. Richter Biography"
- Official website of the Superior Court of D.C.
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 District of Columbia Courts, "Superior Court: Robert I. Richter Biography," accessed November 3, 2014
- ↑ District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission, "Press Release: Notice of Judicial Vacancy on the District of Columbia Superior Court Created by the Retirement of the Judge Robert I. Richter," April 4, 2014
