James Robertson (May 18, 1938 – September 7, 2019) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia from 1994 until his retirement in June 2010. Robertson also served on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court from 2002 until December 2005, when he resigned from that court in protest against warrantless wiretapping.
James Robertson
District of Columbia District Court
Born 1938 in Cleveland, OH
Died 2019 in Washington, DC
FJC ID: 2026
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Private practice, Washington, D.C.1965–1969, 1972–1994
- Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law1969–1972
- ↳chief counsel, Jackson, Mississippi · 1969–1970
- ↳national director, Washington, D.C. · 1970–1972
United States Navy lieutenant1959–1964
Appointments
1994–2010 · Appointed by William J. Clinton (Democratic)Term ended: Retirement
Education
LL.B. · 1965- Princeton UniversityB.A. · 1959