Rainey R. Brandt

Education Brandt received her Bachelor of Arts, Master of Science, and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from American University. She earned her Juris Doctor from Columbus School of Law at the Catholic University of America in 1995.

In 1996, she served as law clerk to Judge Michael Rankin and later to Judge Stephanie Duncan-Peters.

D.C. Superior Court On November 7, 2012, Brandt was sworn in as a Magistrate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.

On March 21, 2012, President Barack Obama nominated Brandt to the seat vacated by Judge Joan Z. McAvoy who retired; that nomination was returned January 3, 2013. She was renominated on November 15, 2016, to the seat vacated by Judge Lee F. Satterfield; that nomination was returned on January 3, 2017.

President Donald Trump nominated her on September 7, 2017, to the same court to the seat vacated by Judith N. Macaluso. Her nomination expired on January 4, 2019. On March 11, 2019, President Trump renominated Brandt to the same seat on the court. The Senate confirmed her nomination on August 1, 2019, by voice vote. She was sworn in on September 16, 2019.

Personal life Brandt lives in Washington, D.C., with her husband Robert W. Brandt, a chief with the U.S. Marshals Service.