Attorneys & Professional Staff: Raymond J. Rasenberger

Title:  Of Counsel
Email:  rjrasenberger@zsrlaw.com
Department:  Aviation
Practice Areas:  Mediation of Federal Cases; Arbitration
Education:  Dartmouth College (B.A., 1949); Syracuse University (M.A., 1957); George Washington University (J.D., 1957)
Phone:  202.973.7923

Raymond J. Rasenberger has been in private practice since 1957, and is a founding partner of Zuckert, Scoutt & Rasenberger when it was formed in 1964.

Prior to entering the practice of law, Mr. Rasenberger worked as an Examiner in the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, and as an instructor in Dartmouth College's "Great Issues" course. He holds a bachelor's degree from Dartmouth, where he was Valedictorian of his class, a master's degree in Public Administration from the Maxwell School of Syracuse University, and a Juris Doctor degree from George Washington University.

During his years of practice, Mr. Rasenberger was an active participant in aviation law and policy. He has published articles, testified before Congress and spoken to interested organizations on aviation issues a number of times. He has represented both U.S. and foreign airlines, cities, states, airport authorities, general aviation interests, aviation manufacturers, financial institutions and others that have an interest in airline service
and airports.

Mr. Rasenberger has served the D.C. Bar in various capacities beginning as a member of the committee to create the Bar's original committee structure. He currently serves on the Advisory Board of the D.C. Bar Foundation, as an arbitrator for the D. C. Bar Fee Arbitration Board, and as a court appointed mediator of cases before the U.S. Court of Appeals and District Court for the District of Columbia. In 1991 he was appointed by Chief Judge Robinson as a member of the Board of Directors of the Indigent Civil Litigation Fund, Inc., a corporation formed by the Court to finance expenses of volunteer lawyers serving on the civil pro se panel. He has served as a member of the Executive Committee of the Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs. Mr. Rasenberger's other principal outside interests have been related to Dartmouth College, which he has served in various capacities, including Chairman of the Dartmouth Alumni Fund and President of the Dartmouth Alumni Council.

Mr. Rasenberger's practice now focuses primarily on mediation of federal cases and arbitration. He is a member of the District of Columbia Bar.