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Rod Rosenstein is a highly accomplished
and well-respected attorney who is widely praised by lawyers and
judges alike for his intellect, ethical standards, and fairness.
- Mr. Rosenstein has been nominated to the Fourth
Circuit, which hears appeals from the federal district courts
of Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, and South
Carolina.
- The vacancy that Mr. Rosenstein has been
nominated to fill is considered a "judicial emergency"
by the Administrative Office of the U.S . Courts and has been
vacant for seven years.
Mr. Rosenstein has a distinguished record
in public service as a litigator.
- Mr. Rosenstein is the United States Attorney for
the District of Maryland. He was confirmed to that position by
a voice vote of the Senate on July 1, 2005.
- As United States Attorney, Mr. Rosenstein has developed
close partnerships with state and local law enforcement and
prosecutors to combat violent crime, particularly with respect
to gang violence and gun crime, in Maryland.
- Mr. Rosenstein has also held a variety of other
important positions in the United States Department of Justice
under both Republican and Democrat administrations.
- Prior to his confirmation as United States Attorney, Mr.
Rosenstein served as the Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney
General for the Tax Division. In that role, he supervised
the criminal enforcement and appellate sections of the Tax
Division and oversaw the federal criminal tax prosecution
program.
- From 1997-2001, Mr. Rosenstein served as an Assistant United
States Attorney for the District of Maryland, working out
of the Greenbelt office.
- From 1994-1995, Mr. Rosenstein served as Special Assistant
to Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division Jo
Ann Harris.
- From 1993-1994, Mr. Rosenstein served
as Counsel for Deputy Attorney General Philip B. Heymann.
- Mr. Rosenstein served as an Associate Independent
Counsel from 1995-1997 in the fraud and corruption case against
former Arkansas Governor Jim Guy Tucker, James McDougal, and Susan
McDougal.
Mr. Rosenstein has impeccable academic
credentials and professional training.
- Mr. Rosenstein received his B.S. in Economics from
the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, graduating
summa cum laude in 1986.
- Mr. Rosenstein received his J.D. from Harvard Law
School in 1989, graduating cum laude.
- Following his graduation from law school, Mr. Rosenstein
clerked for the Honorable Douglas H. Ginsburg of the United States
Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
Mr. Rosenstein has longstanding ties
to Maryland and is an active member of the community.
- From 1997-2001, Mr. Rosenstein served as an Assistant
United States Attorney for the District of Maryland, working out
of the Greenbelt office.
- Mr. Rosenstein teaches law school classes pro bono
at the University of Maryland School of Law and the University
of Baltimore School of Law.
- Mr. Rosenstein is on the board of directors
of the Maryland Chapter of the Federal Bar Association.
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“A
Court in Need: The Senate should act on nominations to the U.S.
Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit,” Washington Post,
December, 27 2007
"A
Worthy Nominee," Washington Post, November 24,
2007
"Federal
Prosecutor Nominated to Appeals Court in Richmond," Washington
Post, November 16, 2007
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