Ronna Lee Beck
{{short description|American judge}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Ronna Lee Beck
| office = Senior Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia
| term_start = January 8, 2021
| term_end =
| office1 = Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia
| president1 = Bill Clinton
| term_start1 = May 26, 1995
| term_end1 = January 8, 2021
| predecessor1 = Bruce D. Beaudin
| successor1 = Kenia Seoane Lopez
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1947|11|17}}
| birth_place = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
| death_place =
| party =
| spouse =
| relations =
| children = 3
| education = University of Michigan (BA)
Yale University (JD)
| awards =
}}
Ronna Lee Beck (born November 17, 1947){{Cite book |last1=States |first1=United |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jU4o1vcb-HgC&q=Nomination+of+Ronna+Lee+Beck |title=Nominations of Inez Smith Reid, Linda Kay Davis, Ronna Lee Beck, and Eric Tyson Washington: Hearing Before the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Fourth Congress, First Session on Nominations of Inez Smith Reid, Linda Kay Davis, Ronna Lee Beck, and Eric Tyson Washington to be Associate Judges, Superior Court of the District of Columbia, May 22, 1995 |last2=Affairs |first2=United States Congress Senate Committee on Governmental |date=May 22, 1995 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |isbn=978-0-16-052439-4 |pages=32 |language=en}} is an American attorney and jurist serving as a senior associate judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dccourts.gov/superior-court/judges#associate|title=District of Columbia Superior Court Judges|website=www.dccourts.gov|access-date=January 19, 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.dccourts.gov/sites/default/files/2017-03/DCSC_Bio_Beck.pdf |title=Bio |last=|first=|date=|website=www.dccourts.gov|language=en|access-date=January 19, 2020}}{{PD notice}}
Early life and education
Beck was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She earned a Bachelor of Arts from University of Michigan in 1969 and a Juris Doctor from Yale Law School in 1972.{{Cite web|url=https://www.law.gwu.edu/ronna-lee-beck|title=Ronna Lee Beck|website=www.law.gwu.edu|language=en|access-date=2020-01-19}}
Career
After graduating from law school, Beck 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/104th-congress/3|title=PN3 - Nomination of Ronna Lee Beck for Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 104th Congress (1995-1996)|date=1995-05-25|website=www.congress.gov|access-date=2020-01-19}}
On March 25, 2010, the Commission on Judicial Disabilities and Tenure recommended that President Barack Obama reappoint her to second fifteen-year term as a judge on the D.C. Superior Court.{{Cite web|url=https://cjdt.dc.gov/publication/honorable-ronna-lee-beck-2010-reappointment-report|title=Honorable Ronna Lee Beck 2010 Reappointment Report {{!}} cjdt|website=cjdt.dc.gov|access-date=2020-01-19}}
She assumed senior status on January 8, 2021.{{Cite press release |title=Comment on Superior Court Judge Beck's Application for Senior Status |date=November 6, 2020 |url=https://www.dcbar.org/news-events/news/comment-on-superior-court-judge-beck%E2%80%99s-application |access-date=March 30, 2021}}[https://jnc.dc.gov/release/notice-judicial-vacancy-superior-court-district-columbia-2 Notice of Judicial Vacancy on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia]
Personal life
Beck has lived in Washington, D.C. since 1972. She is married and has three children.
References
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