Margaret Catharine Rodgers

Margaret Catharine Rodgers
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida
Assumed office
2011
Preceded by Stephan P. Mickle
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida
Assumed office
November 21, 2003
Appointed by George W. Bush
Preceded by Lacey A. Collier
Personal details
Born 1964 (age 5253)
Pensacola, Florida
Education University of West Florida (B.A.)
California Western School of Law (J.D.)

Margaret Catharine "Casey" Rodgers (born 1964) is the Chief United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida.

Education and career

Born in Pensacola, Florida, Rodgers was in the United States Army from 1985 to 1987, and thereafter received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of West Florida in 1989 and a Juris Doctor from California Western School of Law, an independent law school, in 1992. She was a law clerk for Judge Lacey A. Collier, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida from 1992 to 1994. She was in private practice in Pensacola from 1999 to 2002, serving as general counsel to the West Florida Medical Center, in Pensacola from 1998 to 1999. She was a United States Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida, from 2002 to 2003.

Federal judicial service

On July 14, 2003, Rodgers was nominated by President George W. Bush to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida vacated by Lacey A. Collier. Rodgers was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 20, 2003, and received her commission on November 21, 2003. She was the first woman appointed in the district's history. She has served as Chief Judge since 2011.[1]

References

  1. Buchanan, Virginia (January 2004), "Introducing the Hon. Margaret C. 'Casey' Rodgers U.S. District Court of Florida, Northern District" (PDF), AFTL Women's Caucus Journal, retrieved 2016-08-02

Sources

Legal offices
Preceded by
Lacey A. Collier
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida
2003–present
Incumbent
Preceded by
Stephan P. Mickle
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida
2011–present
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