Robert Leon Wilkins
This is the page about the federal judge for the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. If you are looking for information on the circuit court judge for the Missouri 23rd Circuit Court, please see Robert Wilkins (Missouri). If you are looking for information on the district court judge for the North Carolina 19B District, please see Robert M. Wilkins
| Robert Leon Wilkins | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States District Court for the District of Columbia | |
| Title: | Judge |
| Station: | D.C. |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Pres. Barack Obama |
| Approval vote: | Voice Vote |
| Active: | 12/27/2010-present |
| Preceded by: | James Robertson |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1963 |
| Home State: | Indiana |
| Bachelors: | Rose-Hulman Inst. of Tech. 1986 |
| Law School: | Harvard Law, 1989 |
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Early life and education
Wilkins is from Muncie, Indiana. He earned his J.D. in 1989 from Harvard Law School and his B.S. in 1986 from the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. [2]
Professional career
- 2010-present: Federal judge for the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
- 2008-2010 Partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Venable LLP
- 1996-2008: Attorney with the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia
- 2007-2008: Vice chair
- 2002-2007: Trustee
- 1996-2000: Chief of special litigation
- Law clerk for Judge Earl Gilliam of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California[2]
Judicial Career
District of Columbia
On May 20, 2010 Wilkins was nominated by President Obama to serve as a District Judge for the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. He is nominated to fill the seat vacated by James Robertson. [3]
The American Bar Association gave Wilkins a unanimous rating of "Well Qualified". [4]
Wilkins' hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee was on July 28, 2010. [5] You can find his Committee Questionnaire available here and his Questions for the Record available here. On September 23, 2010, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted unanimously to send Wilkins' nomination to the U.S. Senate for a vote. [6]
Wilkins was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on December 22, 2010.[1][7]
Awards and associations
- President of the National African American Museum & Cultural Complex
- Founding member of the D.C. Access to Justice Commission
- Named one of the 90 Greatest Washington Lawyers of the Last 30 Years by The Legal Times, 2008 [8]
- Served on the D.C. Advisory Commission on Sentencing
- Served on the D.C. Truth-In-Sentencing Commission
- Served on the D.C. Juvenile Justice Advisory Group [2]
Notable cases
See also
External links
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Blog of Legal Times, "Senate Confirms Five Judicial Nominees," December 22, 2010
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 White House Press Release "President Obama Names Three to United States District Court", May 20, 2010
- ↑ White House Press Release "Presidential Nominations Sent to the Senate", 5/20/10
- ↑ Judicial Nomination Materials
- ↑ U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, Judicial Nomination Materials: 111th Congress
- ↑ San Jose Mercury News, "Democrats: GOP now blocking picks for lower courts," September 23, 2010
- ↑ The Metropolitan News-Enterprise, "Senate Confirms Mary Murguia to Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals," December 23, 2010
- ↑ Legal Times "The 90 Greatest Washington Lawyers of the Last 30 Years", May 19, 2008
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| 2009 |
Gerard Lynch • David Hamilton • Sonia Sotomayor • Andre Davis • D.P. Marshall • Richard Seeborg • Jeffrey Viken • Charlene Honeywell • Irene Berger • Roberto Lange • Christina Reiss • Dolly Gee • Jacqueline Nguyen • Abdul Kallon • William Conley • Nancy D. Freudenthal • Gloria M. Navarro • Florence Pan • | ||
| 2010 |
Barbara Keenan • Kathleen M. O'Malley • Denny Chin • Leonard Stark • Joseph Greenaway • Thomas Vanaskie • Mark Goldsmith • Elena Kagan • Beverly Martin • Mary Murguia • Ellen Hollander • James Wynn • Jane Magnus-Stinson • Susan Richard Nelson • Audrey Fleissig • Timothy S. Black • James Bredar • Sharon Coleman • Leslie Kobayashi • Kimberly Mueller • Catherine Eagles • Benita Pearson • Jane Stranch • O. Rogeriee Thompson • Rosanna Peterson • Albert Diaz • Brian Jackson • J. Michelle Childs • Richard Mark Gergel • Josephine S. Tucker • Lucy H. Koh • Marisa Demeo • Tanya Walton Pratt • Jon E. DeGuilio • Elizabeth Erny Foote • Marc Thomas Treadwell • Gary Feinerman • William J. Martinez • Scott Matheson • Raymond Lohier • Todd E. Edelman • John A. Gibney • Edmond E. Chang • Carlton W. Reeves • Denise Casper • Robert Leon Wilkins • Beryl A. Howell • Maria Elizabeth Raffinan • | ||
| 2011 |
Sue Myerscough • James Graves • Bernice Donald • Christopher Droney • Claire Cecchi • Esther Salas • Henry Floyd • Morgan Christen • Evan Wallach • Diana Saldaña • Michael Urbanski • Cathy Bissoon • Anthony J. Battaglia • Edward Chen • Sharon L. Gleason • Marco A. Hernandez • Andrew L. Carter, Jr. • Nelva Gonzales Ramos • Timothy M. Cain • Scott W. Skavdahl • John A. Ross • Robert N. Scola, Jr. • John A. Kronstadt • Edward J. Davila • R. Brooke Jackson • James E. Boasberg • James E. Shadid • Steve C. Jones • John McConnell • Amy Totenberg • Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers • Paul K. Holmes • Susan L. Carney • Max O. Cogburn, Jr. • Amy B. Jackson • Jane Triche-Milazzo • Michael H. Simon • Kathleen M. Williams • Marina Marmolejo • Susan Hickey • Mae A. D'Agostino • Jimmie V. Reyna • Robert David Mariani • Ramona V. Manglona • J. Paul Oetken • Arenda L. Wright Allen • Mark Raymond Hornak • Vincent L. Briccetti • Roy Bale Dalton, Jr. • Sara Lynn Darrow • Kevin Hunter Sharp • Paul A. Engelmayer • Wilma Lewis • Nancy Torresen • Alison J. Nathan • Corinne Ann Beckwith • William Kuntz • Nannette Jolivette-Brown • Dana Christensen • Edgardo Ramos • Katherine Forrest • Stephen Higginson • Richard G. Andrews • James Gilstrap • Jennifer Zipps • Ronnie Abrams • Jennifer Di Toro • Yvonne Williams • | ||
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