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Rosanna Malouf Peterson

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington · 2010

Rosanna Malouf Peterson , Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington. The Senate voted 89–0 on the nomination on Jan 25, 2010 (Nomination Confirmed). Rosanna Malouf Peterson (born 1951) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington and a former professor at Gonzaga University School of Law. She is the first female judge to serve in the Eastern District.

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Senate confirmation votes

  • United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Washington
    111th Congress · Nomination Confirmed
    89–0 · Jan 25, 2010

Education

  • University of North DakotaB.A., 1977
  • University of North DakotaM.A., 1983
  • University of North Dakota School of LawJ.D., 1991

Career

Lecturer, Department of English, University of North Dakota, 1984-1988; Law clerk, Hon. Fred Van Sickle, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington, 1991-1993; Private practice, 1993-2010; Faculty, Gonzaga University School of Law, 1999-2010; adjunct professor of law, 1999-2005; director of externship program, 2002-2010; visiting professor of law, 2005-2007; assistant professor of law, 2007-2010; Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 2019-2021

Biography

Rosanna Malouf Peterson (born 1951) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington and a former professor at Gonzaga University School of Law. She is the first female judge to serve in the Eastern District.

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