Veronica Sophia Rossman

Professional career

• She was the first former federal public defender to sit on the Tenth Circuit at the time of her confirmation.
• Law clerk to Chief Justice A. William Maupin, Nevada Supreme Court (1997–1998)
• Litigation associate at Morrison & Foerster, Denver (1998–2002)
• Visiting professor at University of Denver Sturm College of Law (2008–2010)
• Assistant federal public defender for Colorado and Wyoming (2002–2003, 2010–2015)
• Chief of Appeals for the Office of the Federal Public Defender, Colorado & Wyoming (2015–2017)
• Senior counsel to the Office of the Federal Public Defender (2017–2021)
• 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
• Veronica Sophia Rossman (née Parkansky, born 1972) is an American jurist serving as a United States Circuit Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit since September 28, 2021.
• On May 12, 2021, President Joe Biden nominated Rossman to replace Judge Carlos F. Lucero, who had assumed senior status in February 2021.
• Senate Judiciary Committee: Favorably reported July 15, 2021 (12–10)

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