Neomi Rao

Neomi Rao
Official portrait, 2018
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Assumed office
March 18, 2019
Appointed byDonald Trump
Preceded byBrett Kavanaugh
Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
In office
July 18, 2017 – March 18, 2019
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byDom Mancini (acting)
Succeeded byDom Mancini (acting)
Personal details
BornNeomi Jehangir Rao
1973 (age 52–53)
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
SpouseAlan Lefkowitz
Children2
EducationYale University (BA)
University of Chicago (JD)

Neomi Jehangir Rao (born 1973) is an American jurist and legal scholar serving as a United States circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. She was appointed in 2019 by President Donald Trump, having served in the Trump administration from 2017 to 2019 as administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. She was previously a professor of law at the Antonin Scalia Law School of George Mason University.