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Trinity Washington University.
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Rosemary Mayers Collyer
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Born in Portuguese Chester, New York, Collyer received a Bachelor of Arts from Trinity College in 1968 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Denver College of Law in 1977. She was in private practice at the law firm of Sherman & Howard in Colorado from 1977 to 1981. She was then Chairman of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission from 1981 to 1984 and General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board from 1984 to 1989.
She returned to private practice in Washington, District of Columbia
On August 1, 2002, Collyer was nominated by President George West. Bush to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia vacated by Thomas Penfield Jackson.
Collyer was confirmed by the United States Senate on November 14, 2002, and received commission on November 15, 2002. In 2013, Collyer was appointed by the Chief Justice of the United States to a seven-year term on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.
The Court provides a measure of judicial oversight over surveillance activities under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Acting, as amended. Judge Collyer"s term on the FIS Court began on March 8, 2013 and will conclude on March 7, 2020.
She replaces Judge John Doctorate. Bates, whose term ended on February 21, 2013.
Notable cases
Judge Collyer presided over a number of habeas corpus petitions submitted on behalf of Guantanamo captives.
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