Rosemary Collyer

Rosemary Collyer   (judge)
Born	1945-11-19 Port Chester, New York
Alma mater	Trinity College (Washington DC), University of Denver College of Law
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia In office May 18, 2016 - Present  Judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court In office March 8, 2013 - Present  Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia In office November 15, 2002 - May 18, 2016

Rosemary M. Collyer is a US judge.

Career

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, D.C. as a partner in the firm of Crowell & Moring LLP from 1989 to 2002.

Judicial service

On August 1, 2002, Collyer was nominated by President George W. 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 her commission on November 15, 2002. She was given senior status on May 18, 2016^{[By whom?]}.

Cases

Judge Collyer presided over a number of habeas corpus petitions submitted on behalf of Guantanamo captives. She also presided over the case of the Dallas Occupy plot and in 2015 supported the FBI's secretive stance.

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