Maribeth Raffinan

Professional career

• From March 1996 to September 1999, Judge Raffinan worked with the Federal Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia.
• Judge Raffinan also worked as an adjunct professor in the Spring Semester of 2006 at her alma mater, The Columbus School of Law for the Catholic University of America, where she taught a clinical seminar on Client Interviewing, Counseling and Negotiating and, prior to that, served as a teaching assistant at the law school with Federal Public Defender, Mr. Neil Jaffee, in a course on appellate advocacy.
• During her tenure at PDS, in addition to her trial responsibilities, Judge Raffinan also co-chaired the 2006 Deborah T. Creek Criminal Practice Institute, served on the Superior Court’s Drug Court Committee, performed trainings for Criminal Justice Act panel attorneys, led trial practice groups and served as a rotating attorney with the Special Litigation Division.
• Judge Raffinan worked as a staff attorney with the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia (PDS) for eleven years until her confirmation by the Senate in and, including four years as a supervising attorney.
• She was an instructor for the AFL/CIO Coordinating Committee Litigation Skills Training in 2007 and 2009 and served on the DC Bar Committee on Criminal Law and Individual Rights in 2010 prior to her nomination.
• As a member of APABA, she served on a panel discussing career options for law school students, served on the Government Attorney Forum Committee and participated in the Mentor/Mentee Program.

Judicial service

• Judge Raffinan was nominated by President Barack Obama on July 28, 2010 and confirmed by the Senate on September 30, 2010.

Education

• Boston College · 1992
• Columbus School of Law for the Catholic University of America

Personal record

Born September 2, 1970 · Cincinnati, Ohio