Irma S. Raker | |
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| Senior Judge of the Maryland Court of Appeals [1] | |
| Assumed office April 24, 2008 [1] | |
| Judge of the Maryland Court of Appeals from the 7th Appellate Judicial Circuit (Montgomery County) [1] | |
| In office January 7,1994 –April 24,2008 [1] | |
| Appointed by | William D. Schaefer |
| Preceded by | John F. McAuliffe |
| Succeeded by | Mary Ellen Barbera |
| Associate Judge of the Montgomery County Circuit Court (6th Judicial Circuit) [1] | |
| In office February 3,1982 –December 1993 [1] | |
| Associate Judge of the Montgomery County District Court (6th District) [1] | |
| In office March 21,1980 –February 2,1982 [1] | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Irma Steinberg April 24,1938 Brooklyn,New York,U.S. |
| Spouse | Samuel K. Raker |
| Education | Syracuse University (B.A.) Hague Academy of International Law American University (J.D.) [1] |
Irma Steinberg Raker [2] (born April 24,1938) [3] is a Senior Judge of the Maryland Court of Appeals,the state's highest court. [1] In 2007,she was awarded the American Bar Association's Margaret Brent Award for outstanding women lawyers who have achieved professional excellence and paved the way for other women in the legal profession. [4]
She was born Irma Steinberg in Brooklyn,New York,and attended local schools including Midwood High School. [1] She graduated from Syracuse University in 1959 and studied at The Hague Academy of International Law. [1]
Steinberg interrupted her education to marry Samuel K. Raker and oversee the early development of their three children. [1] She then returned to her studies,earning a J.D. degree from the American University in Washington,D.C. in 1972. She was admitted to the Maryland bar the next year. [1]
Raker served as an Assistant State's Attorney for Montgomery County,Maryland from 1973 to 1979. [1] Judge Raker took the bench when she was appointed a trial judge in Maryland's District Court of Maryland and then the Circuit Court for Montgomery County. [1] She served in a number of increasingly responsible judicial positions until Governor Schaefer appointed her to the Maryland Court of Appeals,the state's highest court. [1] She became a Senior Judge in 2008 and currently sits by designation. [1]
Judge Raker currently serves as the Chairperson of the Maryland Access to Justice Commission. [1] She is actively engaged in private mediation and arbitration. [1]
