Judge Rahkel Bouchet Nominated to the D.C. 高等法院

2018年3月25日

The District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission (Commission) is pleased to announce the nomination of Judge Rahkel Bouchet to be an Associate Judge of the 高等法院 of the District of Columbia, filling a judicial vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Frederick H. 韦斯伯格.

1月8日, 2018, the Commission submitted to the President a list of three c和idates for his consideration in selecting a nominee to fill this judicial vacancy. 根据D.C. 法典§1-204.34(d)(1), the President must select a nominee within 60 days. 如果总统不这么做, the Commission is required to nominate one of the three c和idates it had recommended to the President, 和, with the advice 和 consent of the Senate, appoint that person to fill the vacancy. The deadline for making a nomination for this judicial vacancy was March 9, 2018. The President has not made a nomination, 和 so the Commission chose a nominee. 3月19日, 2018, the Commission transmitted its nomination of 法官Bouchet to the United States Senate.

法官Bouchet serves as a Magistrate Judge in the 高等法院 of the District of Columbia. 在她2016年上任之前, 法官Bouchet, in 2008, formed a private litigation practice 和 litigated criminal 和 family matters in the District of Columbia metropolitan area. In 2013, while maintaining her private practice, 法官Bouchet joined the faculty at Howard University School of Law as the Supervising Attorney of the Child Welfare 和 家庭 正义的诊所. 法官Bouchet is an active member of the community 和 has served on boards with several community organizations, including the National 酒吧 Association 和 the Howard University Alumni Association. 法官Bouchet received her Bachelor of Arts degree, 以优等成绩毕业者, 霍华德大学, 和 her Juris Doctor degree from the Howard University School of Law, where she was a founding member of the Trial 宣传 Moot Court Team.

Please direct any questions to the Commission’s Executive Director at 202-879-0478 or (电子邮件保护).