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Robert F. Rossiter Jr.
Rossiter in 2020
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska
Incumbent
Assumed office July 15, 2021
Preceded by	John M. Gerrard
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska
Incumbent
Assumed office June 29, 2016
Appointed by	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Joseph Bataillon
Personal details
Born	Robert Francis Rossiter Jr. (1956-07-16) July 16, 1956 (age 68) Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
Education	Purdue University (BS) Creighton University (JD)

Robert Francis Rossiter Jr. (born July 16, 1956) is the chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska.

Biography

Rossiter received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1978 from Purdue University. He received a Juris Doctor, cum laude, in 1981 from Creighton University School of Law. He was a law clerk for Judge C. Arlen Beam of the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska from 1982 to 1983. From 1983 to 2016, he worked at the Omaha, Nebraska, law firm of Fraser Stryker PC LLO, becoming a shareholder in 1987. He served on the firm's Management Committee from 2011 to 2016. He specialized in labor and employment litigation, primarily in federal court. He is a Fellow (Judicial) in the American College of Trial Lawyers and is the past state chair of that organization. He has served as adjunct faculty for Creighton University School of Law from 1983 to 1987 and again from 1999–present.

Federal judicial service

On June 11, 2015, President Barack Obama nominated Rossiter to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska, to the seat vacated by Judge Joseph Bataillon, who assumed senior status on October 3, 2014. He received a hearing before the Judiciary Committee on September 30, 2015. On October 29, 2015 his nomination was reported out of committee by voice vote. On June 27, 2016 the United States Senate confirmed his nomination by a 90–0 vote. He received his judicial commission on June 29, 2016. He became chief judge on July 15, 2021.

References

1. "President Obama Nominates Two to Serve on the United States District Courts". whitehouse.gov. 11 June 2015 – via National Archives.
2. ^ Robert F. Rossiter Jr. at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
3. "Congressional Record". www.congress.gov.
4. "Presidential Nominations Sent to the Senate". whitehouse.gov. 11 June 2015 – via National Archives.
5. "United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary". www.judiciary.senate.gov.
6. "United States Senate Judiciary Committee: Results of Executive Business Meeting – October 29, 2015" (PDF).
7. "On the Nomination (Confirmation Robert F. Rossiter, Jr., of Nebraska, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Nebraska)". www.senate.gov.
8. Kellogg, Kelli (July 15, 2021). "U.S. District Court names new chief judge for District of Nebraska". www.wowt.com. Retrieved July 20, 2021.
9. "District Court for the District of Nebraska Names The Honorable Robert F. Rossitier Jr, Next Chief Judge" (PDF). United States District Court for the District of Nebraska. July 14, 2021. Retrieved July 20, 2021.

External links

• Robert F. Rossiter Jr. at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
• Robert F. Rossiter Jr. at Ballotpedia

• 1956 births
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• 20th-century American lawyers
• 21st-century American judges
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• Creighton University faculty
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• Judges of the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska
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• People from Jacksonville, North Carolina
• Purdue University alumni
• United States district court judges appointed by Barack Obama