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Education

Diane Boyd Rauber graduated with her B.S. in Communication Disorders from Pennsylvania State University in 1982. She then received her Master of Education in Special Education from the University of Pittsburgh in 1984. Ms. Rauber received her law degree from The Catholic University of America School of Law in 1990. While attending Catholic University, Ms. Rauber had several internships, including with: The United States Senate, Committee on Labor and Human Resource; United States Department of Education, Office of General Counsel; and The National Center for Law and the Deaf, Gallaudet University.

Legal Experience

Prior to working as an Of Counsel associate with The Law Office of Wildhaber & Associates, Diane Boyd Rauber was an associate at the law firm of Bonner & O’Connel from 1992 to 1994, practicing in the areas of health care and civil litigation. From 1990 to 1992 she was a litigation staff attorney at the National Veterans Legal Services Project (NVLSP). At NVLSP Ms. Rauber represented veterans and their families before the U.S. Court of Veterans Appeals and the Board of Veterans’ Appeals.

Community Service

Ms. Rauber was an Appointed Member of the Montgomery County Citizens Review Panel for Children from 2001 to 2004. She also served as a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) in Montgomery County, Maryland, from 1995 to 2001.

Bar Memberships and Professional Affiliations

Court of Appeals of Maryland, 1990
United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, 1990
Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia, 1992
United States District Court for the District of Columbia, 1993
Supreme Court of the United States, 1995

Publications

Diane Boyd Rauber, COURT IMPROVEMENT PROGRESS REPORT 2003 (Mimi Laver, ed., American Bar Association, 2003).

Diane Boyd Rauber & Robert Lancour, COURT IMPROVEMENT PROGRESS REPORT 2002 (Mimi Laver, ed., American Bar Association, 2002).

Kathi Grasso & Risa Garon, A JUDGE’S GUIDE: MAKING CHILD-CENTERED DECISIONS IN CUSTODY CASES (Diane Boyd Rauber, ed., American Bar Association, 2001).

Diane Boyd Rauber & Robert Lancour, COURT IMPROVEMENT PROGRESS REPORT 2001 (Veronica Hemrich, ed., American Bar Association, 2001).

Debra Ratterman Baker, et al., MAKING SENSE OF THE ASFA REGULATIONS: A ROADMAP FOR EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION (Diane Boyd Rauber, ed., American Bar Association, 2001).

Diane Boyd Rauber & Lisa A. Granik, REPRESENTING PARENTS IN CHILD WELFARE CASES: A BASIC INTRODUCTION FOR ATTORNEYS (Mimi Laver, ed., American Bar Association, 2000).

Diane Boyd Rauber, Robert Lancour, & Sharon S. England, COURT IMPROVEMENT PROGRESS REPORT 2000 (Veronica Hemrich, ed., American Bar Association 2000).

Robert Lancour, Diane Boyd Rauber, & Mark Hardin, STATE COURT ASSESSMENTS 1995 – 1998: DEPENDENCY PROCEEDINGS (Veronica Hemrich, ed., American Bar Association, 1999)(four volume set).

Diane Boyd Rauber & Sharon S. England, COURT IMPROVEMENT PROGRESS REPORT 1999 (Veronica Hemrich, ed., American Bar Association 1999).

Diane Boyd Rauber & Sharon S. England, COURT IMPROVEMENT PROGRESS REPORT 1998 (Mark Hardin, ed., American Bar Association 1998).