Rosemary Mayers Collyer | |
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Presiding Judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court | |
Assumed office May 19, 2016 |
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Appointed by | John G. Roberts, Jr. |
Preceded by | Thomas F. Hogan |
Judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court | |
Assumed office March 8, 2013 |
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Appointed by | John G. Roberts, Jr. |
Preceded by | John D. Bates |
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia | |
Assumed office May 18, 2016 |
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Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia | |
In office November 15, 2002 – May 18, 2016 |
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Appointed by | George W. Bush |
Preceded by | Thomas Penfield Jackson |
Personal details | |
Born |
Port Chester, New York |
November 19, 1945
Education |
Trinity Washington University B.A. University of Denver College of Law J.D. |
Rosemary Mayers Collyer (born November 19, 1945) is a Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, and a member of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.
Born in Port Chester, New York, Collyer received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Trinity College (now Trinity Washington University) in 1968 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Denver College of Law in 1977.
She was in private practice at the law firm of Sherman & Howard in Colorado from 1977 to 1981. She was then Chairman of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission from 1981 to 1984 and General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board from 1984 to 1989. She returned to private practice in Washington, D.C. as a partner in the firm of Crowell & Moring LLP from 1989 to 2002.
On August 1, 2002, Collyer was nominated by President George W. Bush to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia vacated by Thomas Penfield Jackson. Collyer was confirmed by the United States Senate on November 14, 2002, and received her commission on November 15, 2002. She assumed senior status on May 18, 2016.