Nancy Jo Rosenstengel (née Niemeier; born April 15, 1968) is the
Chief United States district judge of the
and former
clerk of court
A court clerk (British English: clerk to the court or clerk of the court ; American English: clerk of the court or clerk of court ) is an officer of the court whose responsibilities include maintaining records of a court, administer oaths to witn ...
of the same court.
Biography
Rosenstengel received a
Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of arts (BA or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts degree course is generally completed in three or four year ...
degree, cum laude, in 1990 from the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (U of I, Illinois, University of Illinois, or UIUC) is a public land-grant research university in Illinois in the twin cities of Champaign and Urbana. It is the flagship institution of the Univ ...
. She received a
Juris Doctor, cum laude, in 1993 from the
Southern Illinois University School of Law
Southern Illinois University School of Law (SIU Law) is one of four public law schools in the U.S. state of Illinois. Located in Carbondale, Illinois, it is the only law school in the southern region of Illinois.
History
The Southern Illinois Uni ...
. 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
A court clerk (British English: clerk to the court or clerk of the court ; American English: clerk of the court or clerk of court ) is an officer of the court whose responsibilities include maintaining records of a court, administer oaths to witn ...
in the same district.
Federal judicial service
On November 7, 2013, President
Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II ( ; born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Obama was the first African-American president of the ...
nominated Rosenstengel to serve as a United States district judge of the
,
to the seat that was vacated by Judge
G. Patrick Murphy, who would assumeme
senior status
Senior status is a form of semi- retirement for United States federal judges. To qualify, a judge in the federal court system must be at least 65 years old, and the sum of the judge's age and years of service as a federal judge must be at leas ...
on December 1, 2013. On February 6, 2014 her nomination was reported out of committee. Cloture was filed on her nomination on May 6, 2014. On Thursday May 8, 2014 the
Senate invoked
cloture
Cloture (, also ), closure or, informally, a guillotine, is a motion or process in parliamentary procedure aimed at bringing debate to a quick end. The cloture procedure originated in the French National Assembly, from which the name is taken. ' ...
on her nomination by a 54–42 vote. Later that day, her nomination was confirmed by a 95–0 vote. She received her judicial commission on May 12, 2014.
Rosenstengel was sworn in as the judge on May 19, 2014.
A formal investiture ceremony occurred on July 2, 2014.
She became chief judge on April 1, 2019, after
Michael Joseph Reagan retired.
See also
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List of first women lawyers and judges in Illinois
This is a list of the first women lawyer(s) and judge(s) in Illinois. It includes the year in which the women were admitted to practice law (in parentheses). Also included are women who achieved other distinctions such becoming the first in their s ...
References
External links
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1968 births
Living people
21st-century American judges
Illinois lawyers
Judges of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois
Southern Illinois University School of Law alumni
United States district court judges appointed by Barack Obama
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign alumni