Gerald Rosen
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Gerald Rosen is a Federal District (Article III) Judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
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Legal Career
Judge Rosen began his professional career in Washington, D.C. as a Legislative Assistant to former US Senator Robert Griffin of Michigan. Rosen served on Senator Griffin's staff in Washington for five years, 1974 to 1979. Before being appointed to the Federal bench in 1990, Rosen was a Senior Partner in the law firm of Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone. Rosen was a trial lawyer specializing his practice in commercial, employment and constitutional litigation.
Judge Rosen has written and published articles for professional journals and the popular press on a wide range of issues, including Civil Procedure, Evidence, Due Process, Criminal Law, labor law and legal advertising, 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 in Michigan's 17th District losing to Congressman Sander Levin (D-MI).
Since 1992, 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. From 1995 to 2001, Rosen served on the US Judicial Conference's Committee on Criminal Law. As a member of that Committee, he was actively involved in developing criminal law senetencing guidelines procedure policy for the Federal Judicial Branch[1].
Federal Judicial Career
Rosen was nominated by President George H.W. Bush on November 9, 1989 to a seat vacated by Philip Pratt as Pratt assumed Senior Status. Rosen was confirmed by the US Senate on March 9, 1990 on full Senate Approval and received commission on March 12, 1990[2]
