Who appointed Robin Stacie Rosenbaum?

President Barack Obama appointed Robin Stacie Rosenbaum to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in 2014.

Was Robin Stacie Rosenbaum appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Robin Stacie Rosenbaum was appointed by President Barack Obama, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Robin Stacie Rosenbaum's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Robin Stacie Rosenbaum 91–0 on May 12, 2014.

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Robin Stacie Rosenbaum

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Appointed by President Barack Obama in 2014 and confirmed by the Senate 91–0, Robin Stacie Rosenbaum is a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. She earned a law degree from University of Miami School of Law in 1991. She previously served on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1966 · age 60
Appointed by: Barack Obama, 2014
Confirmed: 91–0
Education: Cornell 1988 · University of Miami Law 1991
Succeeded: Rosemary Barkett

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2012	Southern District of Florida succeeded Alan Stephen Gold	Obama (D)	92–3
2014	Eleventh Circuit succeeded Rosemary Barkett	Obama (D)	91–0

Party letters show the appointing president’s party, not the judge’s own.

Confirmation vote · Southern District of Florida

Nomination Confirmed 92–3 on June 26, 2012 · 112th Congress, Roll Call 167. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 92

48 D, 42 R, 2 I

Voted against · 3

3 R

James DeMint(R-SC)
Mike Lee(R-UT)
Rand Paul(R-KY)

Did not vote · 5

3 D, 2 R

Confirmation vote · Eleventh Circuit

Nomination Confirmed 91–0 on May 12, 2014 · 113th Congress, Roll Call 141. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 91

51 D, 38 R, 2 I

Did not vote · 9

2 D, 7 R

Education

Cornell University	B.A.	1988
University of Miami School of Law	J.D.	1991

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Rosenbaum was assigned 746 district-court cases (1989–2014). Median time from filing to termination: 143 days across 746 closed cases.

Civil rights22%

Labor & ERISA20%

Other federal statutes13%

Contract12%

Prisoner & habeas8%

Personal-injury torts6%

Other18%

Case assignment is from CourtListener’s PACER-derived docket records: a partial sample, not a complete caseload, reflecting the judge last assigned each case. How we count.

On appeal

Of 47 of Rosenbaum’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 44 were affirmed, 2 reversed or vacated, and 1 affirmed in part and reversed in part. This is a historical count of appellate outcomes for cases we could match, not a judgment of the judge, and not a complete record. How we count.

In our data, Rosenbaum authored 8 published opinions for the court (2008–2011). Most cited: Securities & Exchange Commission v. Huff (19 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
2010	Securities & Exchange Commission v. Huff	758 F. Supp. 2d 1288	19
2008	Wrangen v. Pennsylvania Lumbermans Mutual Insurance	593 F. Supp. 2d 1273	17
2010	Lawson v. Plantation General Hospital, L.P.	704 F. Supp. 2d 1254	13
2011	Ostrow v. GLOBECAST AMERICA INC.	825 F. Supp. 2d 1267	7
2011	DuChateau v. Camp Dresser & McKee, Inc.	822 F. Supp. 2d 1325	4
2011	Federal Trade Commission v. First Universal Lending, LLC	773 F. Supp. 2d 1332	3
2010	Securities & Exchange Commission v. Huff	745 F. Supp. 2d 1284	1
2009	Securities & Exchange Commission v. Huff	664 F. Supp. 2d 1288	0

Showing the 8 most-cited of 8 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.

Questions & answers

Who appointed Robin Stacie Rosenbaum?: President Barack Obama appointed Robin Stacie Rosenbaum to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in 2014.
Was Robin Stacie Rosenbaum appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Robin Stacie Rosenbaum was appointed by President Barack Obama, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Robin Stacie Rosenbaum's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Robin Stacie Rosenbaum 91–0 on May 12, 2014.
Which court is Robin Stacie Rosenbaum on?: Robin Stacie Rosenbaum is a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

Sources

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12 years on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).