Background
Rossiter, Robert Francis was born on July 16, 1956 in Camp LeJeune, North Carolina, United States. Son of Robert Francis Senior and Mary Jane (Paden) Rossiter.
Rossiter, Robert Francis was born on July 16, 1956 in Camp LeJeune, North Carolina, United States. Son of Robert Francis Senior and Mary Jane (Paden) Rossiter.
Purdue University (Bachelor of Science, 1978). Creighton University (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1981). Alpha Sigma Nu. Executive Editor, Creighton Law Review, 1980-1981.
Law Clerk to Honorary C. Arlen Beam, United States.
District Judge for the District of Nebraska, 1981-1983. Instructor, Legal Research and Writing, Creighton University, 1982-1988.
He received a Juris Doctor, cum laude, in 1981 from Creighton University School of Law. He was a law clerk for Judge Clarence Arlen Beam of the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska from 1982 to 1983. Since 1983, he was served at the Omaha, Nebraska, law firm of Fraser Stryker Personal Computer LLO, becoming a shareholder in 1987.
He has served on the firm"s Management Committee since 2011.
He specializes in labor and employment litigation, primarily in federal court. He is a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers and is the immediate past State Chair of that organization.
He is currently the President-Elect of the Nebraska State Bar Association. On June 11, 2015, President Obama nominated Rossiter to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska, to the seat vacated by Judge Joseph F. Bataillon, who took senior status on October 3, 2014.
He received a hearing before the Judiciary Committee on September 30, 2015.
On October 29, 2015 his nomination was reported out of committee by voice vote. His nomination is now pending before the full Senate.
Member American Bar Association (labor and employment law section, tort and insurance practice section), Nebraska Bar Association (chairman young lawyers section 1988-1989, house of deals, labor and employment section Executive Committee), Omaha Bar Association, Alpha SigmaNu, Pi Kappa Alpha.
Married Mary Beth Frankman, June 9, 1984. Children: Robert III, Katherine, Erin, Margaret.