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Veronica Sophia Rossman
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. Active service.
Confirmed 50 to 42Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Joseph R. Biden
- Nominated
- May 12, 2021
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- June 9, 2021
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), July 15, 2021
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 50 to 42
- Confirmed
- September 20, 2021
- Commissioned
- September 28, 2021
- American Bar Association rating
- Qualified
Born 1972, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it.
Source: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges · This judge’s entry. Our copy saved October 16, 2026, fingerprint 92b677f26553b479.
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Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- Law clerk, Hon. A. William Maupin, Supreme Court of Nevada, 1997-1998
- Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1998-2001
- Private practice, Denver, Colorado, 2001-2002, 2004-2005
- Office of the Federal Public Defender for the Districts of Colorado and Wyoming, 2002-2003, 2010-2021; assistant federal public defender, 2002-2003, 2010-2015; chief of appeals, 2015-2017; supervisory assistant federal public defender, 2015-2021; senior counsel, 2017-2021
- Staff attorney, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2007-2008
- University of Denver Sturm College of Law, 2008-2010; visiting lawyering process professor, 2008-2009; visiting assistant professor, 2009-2010
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