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James Robertson
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia · 1994
James Robertson , Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. James Robertson (May 18, 1938 – September 7, 2019) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia from 1994 until his retirement in June 2010. Robertson also served on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court from 2002 until December 2005, when he resigned from that court in protest against warrantless wiretapping.
Education
- Princeton UniversityB.A., 1959
- George Washington University Law SchoolLL.B., 1965
Career
United States Navy lieutenant, 1959-1964; Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1965-1969, 1972-1994; Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, 1969-1972; chief counsel, Jackson, Mississippi, 1969-1970; national director, Washington, D.C., 1970-1972
Biography
James Robertson (May 18, 1938 – September 7, 2019) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia from 1994 until his retirement in June 2010. Robertson also served on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court from 2002 until December 2005, when he resigned from that court in protest against warrantless wiretapping.
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