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Biography
Robert D. Okun is an Associate Judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
Education and career
Okun earned his Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, from University of Pennsylvania in 1981, his J.D., cum laude, from the Harvard Law School in 1984.
After graduating, he clerked for judge Frank E. Schwelb on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. He had a career in public service working as an attorney for various government departments and later served as Chief of the Special Proceedings Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia.
D.C. Superior Court
President Barack Obama nominated Okun on September 20, 2012, to a 15-year term as an associate judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. On November 20, 2012, the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs held a hearing on his nomination. His nomination expired on January 3, 2013 following the Adjournment sine die of the United States Congress.
On March 19, 2013, President Barack Obama renominated Wellner to the same court to the seat vacated by Linda Kay Davis. On May 22, 2013, the Committee reported his nomination favorably to the senate floor and on the following day, May 23, 2013, the full Senate confirmed his nomination by voice vote. He was sworn in on November 8, 2013.