James Michael Rosenbaum (born October 12, 1944) is an American lawyer and former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota. He has since become an arbitrator and mediator in private practice.
James Michael Rosenbaum
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota
Born 1944 in Fort Snelling, MN
FJC ID: 2049
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 7/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 38/year
Minnesota District Court · 1985–2010
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.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Judicial Conference of the United StatesMember · 1998–2005
U.S. attorney for the District of Minnesota1981–1985- Private practice, Minneapolis, Minnesota1973–1981
- Leadership Council for Metropolitan Open Communities, Chicago, IllinoisStaff attorney · 1970–1972
- VISTA, Chicago, IllinoisAttorney · 1969–1970
Appointments
1985–2010 · Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)Term ended: Retirement
Education
J.D. · 1969- University of MinnesotaB.A. · 1966