Rosanna Peterson

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Rosanna Malouf Peterson is a federal judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington. She was nominated by President Obama and confirmed to the bench on January 25, 2010. ^[1]

Federal judgeship nomination

Peterson was nominated by President Obama to fill a vacant seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington. ^[2] Peterson is the first woman to serve the court. She was nominated for the seat vacated when Frederick Van Sickle assumed senior status ^[3] and was confirmed by unanimous consent of the Senate on January 25, 2010. ^[1]

The American Bar Association gave Peterson a unanimous rating of "qualified". ^[4]

Judiciary Committee hearing

Peterson's Public Questionnaire Available Here

Questions for the Record Available Here

Peterson had a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on November 18, 2009, which voted to forward her nomination to the full Senate. ^[5] She was confirmed by the Senate on January 25, 2010.

Education

Peterson received her undergraduate degree from the University of North Dakota in 1977. She received an M.A. from the University of North Dakota in 1983, and her J.D. from the University of North Dakota Law School in 1991. ^[6][7]

Professional career

After law school Peterson served as a law clerk for Frederick Van Sickle in the Eastern District of Washington. Following her clerkship, Peterson went into private practice with various firms in Spokane, WA. She practiced in the fields of general litigation, employment and education law, and criminal defense. Peterson joined the faculty of Gonzaga University School of Law Spokane, Washington in 1999 as an assistant law professor, where she teaches Evidence, Federal Jurisdiction, and Trial Advocacy. Peterson became the director of the School of Law’s Externship Program in 2002. ^[7]

Awards and associations

• Recipient, Smithmoore Myers Professionalism Award, 2006.
• President of the Federal Bar Association for Eastern Washington
• President of Washington Women Lawyers State Bar Association
• President of the Spokane County Washington Women Lawyers Bar Association
• Member of the board of directors for the Spokane Intercollegiate Research and Technology Institute
• Member of the Board of Directors for the Eastern District of Washington Federal Court Historical Society
• Member of the Spokane Intercollegiate Research and Technology Institute
• Past member of the board of directors for the Center for Justice
• Eastern Washington representative to the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference and Criminal Justice Act Attorneys Conference ^[6]

External links

• Judge Peterson's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
• President Obama Taps UND Alum for Federal Court Bench

References

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Active judges	Chief: Suko • Peterson • Shea • Vacancy
Senior judges	Nielsen • Quackenbush • Van Sickle • Whaley
Magistrate judges	Imbrogno • Hutton
Former judges	Black • Driver • Goodwin • Lindberg • McDonald • McNichols • Neill • Powell • Rudkin • Schwellenbach • Tanner • Webster • Whitson

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2010	Chatigny • Coleman • DeGuilio • Eagles • Feinerman • Fleissig • Foote • Goldsmith • Koh • Liu • Lohier • Magnus-Stinson • Martinez • McConnell • Mueller • O'Malley • Pratt • Matheson • Stark • Totenberg • Treadwell • Tucker