Robert W. Ratish was born and raised in Bergen County, New Jersey. He has worked in the federal and state courts, interning for the Honorable Madeline Cox Arleo of the United States District Court in Newark, and clerking for the Honorable Edith K. Payne of the New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division. He graduated from Rutgers University School of Law in Newark where he served as editor-in-chief of the Rutgers Computer & Technology Law Journal. His note on the Freedom of Information Act was selected for publication in the journal's Fall, 2007 issue. Prior to attending law school, he worked as journalist in North Jersey as a staff writer for The Record, and has written articles published in The New York Daily News and Newsday.

Admissions

New Jersey, 2008
New York, 2009
United States District Court, District of New Jersey, 2008
United States District Court, Southern District of New York, 2009

Education

Rutgers University School of Law - Newark, 2008, J.D.
New York University, 1998, B.A.