President Obama Nominates Rosanna M. Peterson to Serve on the District Court Bench

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Rosanna M. Peterson
Nominee for US District Judge in the Eastern District of Washington


Education

* B.A., English, University of North Dakota, 1977
* M.A., English, University of North Dakota, 1983
* J.D. University of North Dakota, 1991, with distinction


Experience

* Editor-In-Chief of the North Dakota Law Review
* Clerk for the Hon. Fred Van Sickle, US District Court (Eastern District of Washington).
* Private Attorney
* Assistant Professor Gonzaga University School of Law
* President of the Federal Bar Association for Eastern Washington
* President of Washington Women Lawyers State Bar Association
* President of the Spokane County Washington Women Lawyers Bar Association
* Board member for the Center for Justice and as the Eastern Washington
* Board member for the Spokane Intercollegiate Research and Technology Institute
* Board member for the Eastern District of Washington Federal Court Historical Society


Teaching Areas

* Evidence
* Federal Jurisdiction
* Trial Advocacy


University web page
http://www.law.gonzaga.edu/Faculty/Faculty-Directory/peterson_rosanna.asp


White House press release
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/President-Obama-Nominates-Rosanna-M-Peterson-to-Serve-on-the-District-Court-Bench/


US District Court Status

Obama has nominated his 11th US District Judge today. There has been one District Judge confirmed: Jeffrey L. Viken. There are currently 73 US district vacancies of 674.