Robert S. Raymar is a New Jersey-based attorney and member of the law firm Hellring Lindeman Goldstein & Siegal LLP. [1] Former President Bill Clinton (D) unsuccessfully nominated Raymar to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in 1998, a seat that was later filled by Maryanne Trump Barry in 1999. [2]
Raymar has sat on the Democratic Party-aligned Center for American Progress Action Fund’s Board of Directors since 2017. [3]
Education
Robert S. Raymar studied at Rutgers University, Princeton University, and Yale University, where he served as the editor of the Yale Law Journal. [4] Raymar attended Yale at the same time as former President Bill Clinton and former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. [5] Raymar was the national chair of Yale Law School Graduates and Friends for Clinton from 1991 to 2000, 2007 to 2008, and 2015 to 2016. [6]
Raymar sits on the Princeton Internships in Civic Service Board of Directors as the development co-chair to this day. [7]
Career
Raymar’s career included a tenure as law clerk to the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey and United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit’s Judge Leonard I. Garth. [8]
Raymar also worked as assistant legal counsel to New Jersey Gov. Brendan Byrne from 1974 to 1975. [9]Raymar also worked as Deputy Attorney General for the State of New Jersey from 1973 to 1974 and from 1975 to 1976. [10] Raymar also served as a member of the New Jersey Executive Commission on Ethical Standards from 1974 to 1975 prior to assuming his current position with Hellring Lindeman Goldstein & Siegal LLP in 1976. [11]
Affiliations
Robert S. Raymar is a member of the Board of Directors for a number of organizations. Most notably, Raymar has served as a member of the Democratic Party-aligned Center for American Progress Action Fund board since 2017. [12]
Raymar is also a member of the Board of Directors for the nonprofit environmentalist group The Leatherback Trust. [13] Further, he is also a member of the Board of Directors of Princeton Internships in Civic Service, and formerly of the Somerset County YMCA. [14]