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Gerald Ellis Rosen

Gerald Ellis Rosen

Michigan Eastern District Court

Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Born 1951 in Chandler, AZ

FJC ID: 2047

Career output and lasting influence

Opinions attributed per year · peak 17/year

Michigan Eastern District Court · 1990–2017198819902000201020202026170
opinions

Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 168/year

Michigan Eastern District Court · 1990–20171988199020002010202020261680
citing decisions

Michigan Eastern District Court · 1990–2017

Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.

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Gerald Ellis Rosen (born October 26, 1951) is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.

Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. Wayne State University
    Adjunct professor of law · 1992–present
  2. Private practice, Detroit, Michigan
    1979–1990
  3. U.S. Sen. Robert P. Griffin of Michigan
    Legislative assistant · 1974–1979

Appointments

  1. Michigan Eastern District Court
    1990–2017 · Appointed by George H.W. Bush (Republican)
    Term ended: Retirement

Education

  1. George Washington University Law School
  2. Kalamazoo College
    B.A. · 1973