Anne Rachel Traum at a glance
- Current role
- Judge
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada
- Jurisdiction
- Nevada · Federal
- Judicial service
- April 7, 2022–present
Anne Rachel Traum
Judge · U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada
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AI abuse cases
1 caseAI-related ruling · November 5, 2025
Coleman & Lewis v. PNC Bank, N.A.
- Court response
- Warning
Biography
Professional career
- Professional Career: Law clerk, Hon. Stanwood R. Duval, Jr., U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1996-1998
- Professional Career: Special counsel, Office for Access to Justice, U.S. Department of Justice, 2015-2016
- Professional Career: Attorney, Environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1998-2000
- Professional Career: Director, Appellate Clinic, 2009-2022
- Professional Career: Associate dean for experimental legal eduation, 2013-2015, 2021
- Professional Career: Professor of law, 2014-2022
- Professional Career: Adjunct professor of law, 2002
- Professional Career: Associate professor of law, 2008-2014
- Professional Career: Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Nevada, 2000-2002
- Professional Career: Assistant federal public defender, Las Vegas, Nevada, 2002-2008
- Professional Career: Co-director, Misdemeanor Clinic, 2018-2022
- Professional Career: Faculty, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law, 2002, 2008-2022
Education
- Brown University · A.B., 1991
- University of California Hastings College of the Law (now UC College of the Law · J.D., 1996
Courtroom rules and guidance
Civil Remote Testimony
In federal district-court civil proceedings, testimony is ordinarily taken in open court; remote contemporaneous testimony requires good cause in compelling circumstances and appropriate safeguards.
For good cause in compelling circumstances and with appropriate safeguards, the court may permit testimony in open court by contemporaneous transmission from a different location.Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court ↗
Criminal Recording And Broadcasting
Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception.
Except as otherwise provided by a statute or these rules, the court must not permit the taking of photographs in the courtroom during judicial proceedings or the broadcasting of judicial proceedings from the courtroom.Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited ↗
Sources
Federal Judicial Center biography
Identity source · HTML · checked July 25, 2026
https://www.fjc.gov/node/11696401Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court
Judge research source · HTML · checked July 26, 2026
https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedureFederal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited
Judge research source · HTML · checked July 26, 2026
https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts