Veronica Sophia Rossman at a glance
- Current role
- Judge
- Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
- Jurisdiction
- National federal courts · Federal
- Judicial service
- September 28, 2021–present
Veronica Sophia Rossman
Judge · U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Available research
AI abuse cases
2 casesAI-related ruling · June 15, 2026
Andria Borsody v. Frontier Heritage Communities
- Court response
- Admonishment
AI-related ruling · February 9, 2026
Kusmin L. Amarsingh v. Frontier Airlines, Inc.
- Court response
- Monetary Sanction; Bar Referral
Biography
Professional career
- Professional Career: Staff attorney, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2007-2008
- Professional Career: University of Denver Sturm College of Law, 2008-2010; visiting lawyering process professor, 2008-2009; visiting assistant professor, 2009-2010
- Professional Career: Private practice, Denver, Colorado, 2001-2002, 2004-2005
- Professional Career: Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1998-2001
- Professional Career: Law clerk, Hon. A. William Maupin, Supreme Court of Nevada, 1997-1998
- Professional Career: 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
- Senior Counsel, Office of the Federal Public Defender for the Districts of Colorado and Wyoming, 2017-2021
- Chief of Appeals, Office of the Federal Public Defender for the Districts of Colorado and Wyoming, 2015-2017
- Supervisory Assistant Federal Public Defender, Office of the Federal Public Defender for the Districts of Colorado and Wyoming, 2015-2021
- Assistant Federal Public Defender, Trial Division, Districts of Colorado and Wyoming, 2010-2015
- Visiting Professor, University of Denver, Denver, CO, 2008-2010
- Practitioner, Mastbaum & Moffat, Denver, CO, 2004-2005
- Assistant Federal Defender, Trial Division, Districts of Colorado and Wyoming, 2002-2003
- Practitioner, Morrison & Foerster, LLP, 1998-2002
Judicial service
- Law Clerk to the Hon. A. William Maupin, Nevada Supreme Court, Carson City, NV, 1997-1988
- Practitioner, Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, San Francisco, CA, 2007-2008
- Judge, Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, 2021-present
- Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Education
- Columbia University in the City of New York · BA, 1993
- UC Law San Francisco · JD, 1997
- University of California Hastings College of the Law (now UC College of the Law · J.D., 1997
- Columbia University · B.A., 1993
Personal record
Born 1972 · Moscow, Soviet Union
Courtroom rules and guidance
Appellate Oral Argument
In federal courts of appeals, oral argument is allowed unless a three-judge panel unanimously finds one of Rule 34's specified grounds for dispensing with it; the clerk provides the date, time, place, and time allocation.
Oral argument must be allowed in every case unless a panel of three judges who have examined the briefs and record unanimously agrees that oral argument is unnecessaryFederal Rule of Appellate Procedure 34, Oral Argument ↗
Sources
Federal Judicial Center biography
Identity source · HTML · checked July 25, 2026
https://www.fjc.gov/node/10749706CourtListener judicial biographical directory
Identity source · HTML · checked August 2, 2026
https://www.courtlistener.com/person/15364/veronica-sophia-rossman/Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 34, Oral Argument
Judge research source · HTML · checked July 26, 2026
https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-appellate-procedure