Appointed by Barack Obama | Preceded by Joseph F. Bataillon | |
Full Name Robert F. Rossiter Jr. Education Creighton University School of Law | ||
Robert F. Rossiter Jr. (born 1956) is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska.
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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 Clarence 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.
Federal judicial service
On June 11, 2015, President 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 F. Bataillon, who took 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 voted 90-0 in favor of confirmation. He received his judicial commission on June 29, 2016.