Nomination of Steffen W. Graae To Be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia

The President has nominated Steffen W. Graae to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.

Mr. Graae is engaged in the private practice of law with the firm of Mirel & Graae, P.C. He has held a number of government positions, including International Relations Officer, Africa Bureau, Agency for International Development; assistant to Acting Director, Office of Economic Opportunity; consultant to National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence; and law clerk to Judge John G. Penn. Mr. Grace has served as an adjunct professor of law at Georgetown University, and he is the author of "District of Columbia Statutory and Case Law Annotated to the Federal Rules of Evidence."

He received a B.A. from Yale in 1962 and an M.A. from Oxford University in 1964. His J.D. degree was awarded by Georgetown University Law Center in 1973.

Mr. Graae was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, on September 25, 1940. He resides in the District of Columbia with his wife, Cynthia Norris Graae, and daughter, Jessica.