Gerald Ellis Rosen (born October 26, 1951) is a former
United States district judge
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of the
.
Professional career
Prior to taking the
bench, Rosen was a senior partner in the law firm of
Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone. While at Miller Canfield, Rosen was a trial lawyer, specializing in commercial, employment and constitutional litigation and litigated a number of important, high-profile cases.
He began his professional career in
Washington, D.C.
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as a Legislative Assistant to
United States Senator
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Party affiliation
Independent Senators Angus King of Maine and Berni ...
Robert P. Griffin of
Michigan
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. Rosen served on Senator 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 Senator Griffin's Legislative Assistant, Rosen attended the
George Washington University Law School
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at night, and obtained his
Juris Doctor
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in May 1979. (He is now a member of the Law School's Board of Advisors). Rosen obtained his
Bachelor of Arts
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degree from
Kalamazoo College
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.
Published writings
Rosen has written and published articles for professional journals and the popular press on a wide range of issues, including
civil procedure
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,
evidence
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,
due process
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,
criminal law
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,
labor law
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and
legal advertising
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, as well as numerous other topics. He is also a co-author of ''Federal Civil Trials and Evidence'', ''Federal Employment Litigation'' and ''Michigan Civil Trials and Evidence'' and is the Senior Editor of
West Publishing Company's Michigan Practice Guide series. For five years prior to taking the Bench, Judge Rosen co-chaired the Judicial Evaluation Committee for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. In 1982, Judge Rosen was the
Republican candidate for
Congress
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in
Michigan's 17th congressional district
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, losing to Congressman
Sander Levin
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(D. Mi.).
Academic career
For eighteen years, Judge Rosen has been an adjunct professor of law, teaching evidence at
University of Michigan Law School
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,
Wayne State University Law School
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,
University of Detroit Law School
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and
Thomas M. Cooley Law School. Judge Rosen frequently lectures at continuing legal education seminars for both lawyers and State and Federal Judges. He has also lectured at numerous International conferences, and represented the United States government as part of the
U.S. State Department
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's Rule of Law program in
Moscow
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,
Russia
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and
Tbilisi
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,
Georgia
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* Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States
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, consulting with legal scholars and judges from those nations on the draft of their constitutions and organization of their legal system. Most recently, he lectured to high-ranking Chinese Judges at the
Supreme People's Court
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in
Beijing
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,
China
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and
Egypt
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ian judges in
Cairo
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, as well as lecturing at
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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.
Federal judicial service
Rosen was nominated by
George H. W. Bush
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on November 9, 1989, to the
to a seat vacated by
Philip Pratt. He was confirmed by the Senate on March 9, 1990, and received his commission on March 12, 1990. He served as Chief Judge of the Court from 2009 to 2015. He assumed
senior status on October 26, 2016, on his 65th birthday. He retired from active service on January 31, 2017.
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 of the US Government. Rosen was also selected by his colleagues to serve on the Board of Directors of the Federal Judges Association.
Interests
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.
References
Sources
FJC BioBiography
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1951 births
Living people
George Washington University Law School alumni
Judges of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
Kalamazoo College alumni
People from Chandler, Arizona
United States district court judges appointed by George H. W. Bush
University of Michigan Law School faculty
Wayne State University faculty
Michigan Republicans
20th-century American lawyers
21st-century American judges
Lawyers from Detroit