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Rossman, Veronica Sophia

Born 1972 in Moscow, Russia

Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Nominated by Joseph R. Biden on May 12, 2021, to a seat vacated by Carlos F. Lucero. Confirmed by the Senate on September 20, 2021, and received commission on September 28, 2021.

Education:
Columbia University, B.A., 1993
University of California Hastings College of the Law (now UC College of the Law, San Francisco), J.D., 1997

Professional 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