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Gerald Rosen
Chief Judge
US District Court
Judge Gerald E. Rosen was nominated by President George H.W. Bush to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan in November 1989 and was invested in March 1990. Judge Rosen became chief judge of the court Jan. 1, 2009.
Prior to taking the bench, Judge Rosen was a senior partner in the law firm of Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone. While at Miller Canfield, Judge Rosen was a trial lawyer, specializing in commercial, employment and constitutional litigation and litigated a number of important, high-profile cases.
Judge Rosen began his professional career in Washington, D.C., as a legislative assistant to U.S. Sen. Robert P. Griffin of Michigan. Judge Rosen served on Sen. Griffin's staff in Washington for five years, from February 1974 through January 1979, during which time he was intimately involved in some of the most significant and challenging issues of the period. While serving as Sen. Griffin's legislative assistant, Judge Rosen attended the George Washington University Law School at night and obtained his law degree degree in May 1979. (He is now a member of the his alma mater's Board of Advisors). Judge Rosen's undergraduate degree is from Kalamazoo College.
For more than 20 years, Judge Rosen has been an adjunct professor of law, teaching Evidence at University of Michigan Law School, Wayne State University Law School, University of Detroit Law School and Thomas M. Cooley Law School. Judge Rosen serves as a member of the Sixth Circuit Judicial Council. From 1995 to 2001, Judge Rosen served on the U.S. Judicial Conference's Committee on Criminal Law. As a member of that committee, he was actively involved in developing sentencing and criminal law and procedure policy for the Judicial Branch. Judge Rosen also as selected by his colleagues to serve on the Board of Directors of the Federal Judges Association.
During his tenure on the federal bench, Judge Rosen has had wide experience in facilitating settlements between parties in a great many cases, including highly complex and challenging multi-district litigation cases and class actions, and most recently as the chief judicial mediator for the Detroit Bankruptcy case, the largest municipal bankruptcy in our nation’s history.
Beyond his professional work, Judge Rosen is involved with several charitable and community organizations, including serving on the Board of Directors of Focus: HOPE and the Michigan Chapter of the Federalist Society.