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President Obama nominated Judge Timothy S. Hillman, Judge Robin S. Rosenbaum and Robert J. Shelby to serve on the United States District Court bench.
WASHINGTON, DC, November 30, 2011/V-Newswire/ - President Obama nominated Judge Timothy S. Hillman,
Judge Robin S. Rosenbaum and Robert J. Shelby to serve on the United
States District Court bench.
“Throughout their careers, these nominees have displayed unwavering commitment to justice and integrity,” said President Obama.
“Their records of service to the public and the legal profession are
distinguished and impressive and I am confident that they will serve the
American people well from the United States District Court bench. I am
honored to nominate them today.”
Judge Timothy S. Hillman: Nominee for the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
Judge Timothy S. Hillman has been a United States Magistrate Judge for
the District of Massachusetts since 2006. Previously, Judge Hillman
served as a Justice on the Massachusetts Superior Court from 1998 to
2006 and a Justice on the Massachusetts District Court from 1991 to
1998. Prior to his service on the Massachusetts courts, Judge Hillman
was in private practice for over a decade and served as City Solicitor
to the cities of Fitchburg and Gardner and Town Counsel to the towns of
Athol, Lunenburg, and Petersham, all in Massachusetts. He received his
J.D. in 1973 from Suffolk University Law School and his B.A. in 1970
from Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Judge Robin S. Rosenbaum: Nominee for the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida
Judge Robin S. Rosenbaum is a United States Magistrate Judge for the
Southern District of Florida, a position she has held since 2007. From
1998 until her appointment to the bench, Judge Rosenbaum was an
Assistant United States Attorney in the same district, where she served
as Chief of the Economic Crimes Section in the Fort Lauderdale office
beginning in 2002. Before joining the United States Attorney’s Office,
Judge Rosenbaum clerked for Judge Stanley Marcus on the United States
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in 1998, worked as a
litigation associate at Holland & Knight from 1996 to 1997, and
served as staff counsel at the Office of the Independent Counsel in
Washington, D.C. from 1995 to 1996. She began her legal career as a
trial attorney at the Federal Programs Branch of the United States
Department of Justice from 1991 to 1995. Judge Rosenbaum received her
J.D. magna cum laude in 1991 from the University of Miami School of Law and her B.A. in 1988 from Cornell University.
Robert J. Shelby: Nominee for the United States District Court for the District of Utah
Robert J. Shelby is currently a shareholder at the Salt Lake City law
firm of Snow, Christensen & Martineau, where his practice focuses on
complex commercial litigation and catastrophic personal injury cases on
behalf of both plaintiffs and defendants in state, federal, and
administrative courts throughout the country. Shelby was an associate
at Snow, Christensen & Martineau from 2000 to 2005 and returned to
the firm earlier this year as a shareholder. In the intervening years,
Shelby was a partner at another Salt Lake City firm, Burbridge Mitchell
& Gross. He began his legal career as a law clerk to the Honorable
J. Thomas Greene in the United States District Court for the District of
Utah. Shelby received his J.D. in 1998 from the University of Virginia
School of Law and his B.A. in 1994 from Utah State University. www.whitehouse.gov
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