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Biography
Ronna Lee Beck is an Associate Judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
Education and career
Beck earned her Bachelor of Arts from University of Michigan in 1969 and her Juris Doctor from Yale Law School in 1972.
After graduating, she served as a law clerk for judge Theodore R. Newman Jr. on the D.C. Superior Court.
D.C. Superior Court
On January 4, 1995, President Bill Clinton nominated Beck to a fifteen-year term as an associate judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia to the seat vacated by Bruce D. Beaudin. On May 22, 1995, the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs held a hearing on her nomination. On May 25, 1995, the Committee reported her nomination favorably to the senate floor. On May 25, 1995, the full Senate confirmed her nomination by voice vote.
On March 25, 2010, the Commission on Judicial Disabilities and Tenure recommended that President Obama reappoint her to second fifteen-year term as a judge on the D.C. Superior Court.
Personal life
Beck was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 1972, she moved to Washington, D.C. where she has been living since. She is married and has three children.