Veronica Sophia Rossman
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. Born 1972.
Federal judicial service
Newest firstJudge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
- Appointed by
- Joseph R. Biden (Democratic)
- Nominated
- May 12, 2021
- Senate vote
- 50 to 42
- Confirmed
- Sep 20, 2021
- Commissioned
- Sep 28, 2021
Education
- B.A., Columbia University, 1993
- J.D., University of California Hastings College of the Law (now UC College of the Law, San Francisco), 1997
Career
- 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
DataSources: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal JudgesData as of Oct 29, 2026
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