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Rupa Ranga Puttagunta | |
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| Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia | |
| In office February 25, 2022 –April 12, 2024 | |
| Appointed by | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Patricia A. Broderick |
| Succeeded by | vacant |
| Administrative law judge of the District of Columbia Rental Housing Commission | |
| In office 2019–2022 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 19,1981 [1] Lima,Ohio,U.S. |
| Education | Vassar College (BA) Ohio State University (JD) |
Rupa Ranga Puttagunta (born June 19,1981) is an American lawyer who served as an associate judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia from 2022 to 2024. She was previously an administrative law judge in Washington,D.C. from 2019 to 2022.
Puttagunta received her Bachelor of Arts from Vassar College in 2002,and her Juris Doctor from the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law in 2007. [2]
Puttagunta began her legal career as a law clerk for Judge William M. Jackson of the D.C. Superior Court from 2008 to 2010,as well as the Senior Judges of the D.C. Court of Appeals from 2010 to 2011. She practiced family and appellate law at Delaney McKinney,LLP from 2012 to 2013. From 2013 to 2019,she was a solo practitioner. From 2019 to 2022,Puttagunta served as an administrative judge for the D.C. Rental Housing Commission. [2]
On March 30,2021,President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Puttagunta to serve as an associate judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. On April 19,her nomination was sent to the Senate. President Biden nominated Puttagunta to the seat vacated by Judge Patricia A. Broderick,whose term expired on June 5,2020. [3] On September 14,a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. [4] On October 6,2021,her nomination was reported out of committee by a voice vote. [5]
On February 1,2022,the United States Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 59–38 vote. [6] On February 2,she was confirmed by a 57–38 vote. [7] She was sworn into office on February 25,2022. [8] In February 2024,it was announced that Puttagunta would resign,effective April 12,2024. [9]
Puttagunta is of South Asian Indian descent. [10]