Nancy J. Rosenstengel
Rosenstengel in 2014
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois
Assumed office
April 1, 2019
Preceded byMichael Joseph Reagan
Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois
Assumed office
May 12, 2014
Appointed byBarack Obama
Preceded byG. Patrick Murphy
Personal details
Born
Nancy Jo Niemeier

(1968-04-15) April 15, 1968 (age 55)
Alton, Illinois, U.S.
EducationUniversity of Illinois (BA)
Southern Illinois University (JD)

Nancy Jo Rosenstengel (née Niemeier; born April 15, 1968) is the Chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois and former clerk of court of the same court.

Biography

Rosenstengel received a Bachelor of Arts degree, cum laude, in 1990 from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She received a Juris Doctor, cum laude, in 1993 from the Southern Illinois University School of Law. She was an associate at the law firm of Sandberg, Phoenix & von Gontard from 1993 to 1998, where her practice primarily involved products liability, medical malpractice and Jones Act litigation. From 1998 to 2009, she served as a career law clerk to Judge G. Patrick Murphy of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois. From 2009 to 2014, she served as Clerk of Court in the same district.[1][2]

Federal judicial service

On November 7, 2013, President Barack Obama nominated Rosenstengel to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois,[1] to the seat that was vacated by Judge G. Patrick Murphy, who would assumeme senior status on December 1, 2013.[3] On February 6, 2014 her nomination was reported out of committee.[4] Cloture was filed on her nomination on May 6, 2014.[5] On Thursday May 8, 2014 the Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 54–42 vote.[6] Later that day, her nomination was confirmed by a 95–0 vote.[7] She received her judicial commission on May 12, 2014.[2] Rosenstengel was sworn in as the judge on May 19, 2014.[8] A formal investiture ceremony occurred on July 2, 2014.[8] She became chief judge on April 1, 2019, after Michael Joseph Reagan retired.[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "President Obama Nominates Three to Serve on the United States District Courts". whitehouse.gov. 7 November 2013 – via National Archives.
  2. ^ a b Nancy J. Rosenstengel at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
  3. ^ "Presidential Nominations Sent to the Senate". whitehouse.gov. 7 November 2013 – via National Archives.
  4. ^ "Executive Business Meeting". United States Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Archived from the original on 14 February 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
  5. ^ "Cloture filed on 4 judicial nominations (Talwani, Peterson, Rosenstengal, Rosenbaum)". Archived from the original on 2016-11-21.
  6. ^ "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of Nancy J. Rosenstengel, of Illinois, to be U.S. District Judge)". United States Senate. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
  7. ^ "On the Nomination (Confirmation Nancy J. Rosenstengel, of Illinois, to be U.S. District Judge)". United States Senate. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
  8. ^ a b "The Court: Additional Historical Highlights". United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois.
  9. ^ Smith, Carolyn (June 21, 2019). "With children grown, Belleville mom moves on to become new chief judge of U.S. court". Belleville News-Democrat. Retrieved January 1, 2020.

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