President Obama Nominates Judge Robin L. Rosenberg to Serve on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Barack Obama nominated Judge Robin L. Rosenberg to serve on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

“I am pleased to nominate this distinguished individual to serve on the United States District Court bench,” said President Obama.  “Judge Rosenberg has a long and impressive record of service, and I am confident she will serve on the federal bench with distinction.”

Judge Robin L. Rosenberg:  Nominee for the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida
Judge Robin L. Rosenberg has been a Circuit Judge on the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit of Florida since 2007.  From 2001 to 2006, she was a partner at the law firm Rosenberg & McAuliffe, PL, and she also managed ARC Mediation—a full-service dispute resolution firm—from 2002 to 2006.  Judge Rosenberg was Vice President and General Counsel at Slim-Fast Foods Company from 1999 to 2001; a partner at Holland & Knight LLP from 1997 to 1999; an Assistant City Attorney for the City of West Palm Beach from 1995 to 1997; and an associate at Foley & Lardner from 1994 to 1995.  She served as a Trial Attorney in the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice from 1990 to 1994 and worked at a nonprofit organization in the Czech Republic while on leave from 1993 to 1994.  Judge Rosenberg began her legal career as a law clerk to Judge James C. Paine of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida from 1989 to 1990.  Judge Rosenberg received her J.D. and M.A. in 1989 from Duke University and her B.A. in 1983 from Princeton University.