Irma S. Raker
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters". Irma Steinberg Raker[1] (born April 24, 1938)[2] is a Senior Judge of the Maryland Court of Appeals, the state's highest court.[3] In 2007, she was awarded the American Bar Association's Margaret Brent Award for outstanding women lawyers who have achieved professional excellence and paved the way for other women in the legal profession.[4]
She was born Irma Steinberg in Brooklyn, New York, and attended local schools including Midwood High School.[3] She graduated from Syracuse University in 1959 and studied at The Hague Academy of International Law.[3]
Steinberg interrupted her education to marry Samuel K. Raker and oversee the early development of their three children.[3] She then returned to her studies, earning a J.D. degree from the American University in Washington, D.C. in 1972. She was admitted to the Maryland bar the next year.[3]
Raker served as an Assistant State's Attorney for Montgomery County, Maryland from 1973 to 1979.[3] Judge Raker took the bench when she was appointed a trial judge in Maryland's District Court of Maryland and then the Circuit Court for Montgomery County.[3] She served in a number of increasingly responsible judicial positions until Governor Schaefer appointed her to the Maryland Court of Appeals, the state's highest court.[3] She became a Senior Judge in 2008 and currently sits by designation.[3]
Judge Raker currently serves as the Chairperson of the Maryland Access to Justice Commission.[3] She is actively engaged in private mediation and arbitration.[3]
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