Rosemary Barkett
 

Hon. Rosemary Barkett
Firm: United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
Address: 56 Forsyth St. N.W.
Atlanta, GA 30303
Phone: (305) 579-4400
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E-mail:
Web site: http://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/
Position Bar Admissions Education
Honors Published Works Affiliations
Lawyer Profile:

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Former Teacher in Elementary and Junio High Schools, Primarily as a Member of a Religious Teaching Order. Faculty Member, National Judicial College, FL Judicial College, Appellate Judges Seminar, Institute of Judicial Administration, New York University. Moderator, Aspen Institute's Justice and Society Seminars; Presenter: Legal Judicial Seminars to Judges in Haiti, Khyrgystan and China.

Current Employment Position(s):
U.S. Circuit Judge, since April 21, 1994

Appointed 1994
Bar Admissions:
Florida, 1971
U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida
U.S. District Court Northern District of Florida
U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida
Education:
University of Florida College of Law, Gainesville, Florida, 1970
J.D.
Honors: J. Hillis Miller Memorial Award as the Outstanding Senior Graduate

Spring Hill College, Mobile, Alabama, 1967
B.S.
Honors: summa cum laude

Published Works:
The Florida Judges Manual (Editorial Board Member)

Honors and Awards:
Honorary Doctorate of Laws, presented by Nova University, Fort Lauderdale, FL, 1992

Honorary Doctorate of Laws, presented by Rollins College, Orlando, FL, 1992

Honorary Doctorate of Civil Laws, presented by Spring Hill college, Mobile, AL, 1990

Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters, presented by University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, 1990

Honorary Doctorate of Laws, presented by John Marshall Law School, Chicago, IL, 1990

Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters, presented by Florida International University, Miami, FL, 1987

Honorary Doctorate of Laws, presented by Stetson University, St. Petersburg, FL, 1987

The National Association of Women Judges Honoree of the Year Award, 1999

American Civil Liberties Union of Florida, Palm Beach Chapter, Harriette Glasner Freedom Award, 1999

The Crohn's & Colitis foundation Women of Distinction, 1997

Miami Centennial Hall of Fame, 1996

The Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award, awarded by the ABA Commission on Women in the Profession, 1996

Distinguished Jurist Award, Preseted by Mississippi State University, 1995

Breaking the Glass Ceiling Award, presented by the Florida Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Inc., 1993

Latin Business and Professional Women Lifetime Achievement Award, 1992

ABA Minority Justice Award Honoree, 1992

Hannah G. Solomon Award, presented by National Council of Jewish Women, 1991

Judge Mattie Belle Davis Award, presented by the Florida Association for Women Lawyers, Dade County, 1991

Achievement Award, presented by the Academy of florida Trial Lawyers to outstanding jurist dedicated to the preservation of individual rights and free access to the courts, 1988

Inducted into Florida Women's Hall of Fame, 1986

Judicial Achievement Award for the State of Florida, presented by the Association of Trial Lawyers of American in recognition of outstanding efforts as a lawyer and a jurist championing and protecting the rights of the individual, 1986

Women of Achievement Award, presented by the Palm Beach County Commission on the Status of Women for outstanding contributions in the field of family law and criminal justice, 1985

American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Award for the most outstading contribution to the field of matrimonial law by a member of the judiciary, 1984

Professional Associations and Memberships:
Lawyers for Children
Board Member, Board of Directors

U.S. Association of Constitutional Law
Director, Board of Directors

Florida Bar
Member

American Bar Association
Member

The Fellows of the American Bar Association
Member

ABA Center for Pro Bono
Member, Pro Bono Council

ABA Standards Review Committee of Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Member

ABA Standing Committee on Federal Judicial Improvements
Member

National Association of Women Judges
Member

Florida Association of Women Lawyers
Member

American Law Institute
Member

Federal Judges Association
Member

Dade Marine Institute (a marine-related educational and rehabilitative alternative program for juvenile delinquents and problem youths)
Former Chair and present member

Palm Beach Marine Institute, Inc.
Former Chair and member

American Bar Association
Former Member, Steering Committe on the Unmet Legal Needs of Children

American Bar Association
Former Member, Committee on Continuing Appellate Education

American Bar Association
Former Member, Task Force on Death Penalty Habeas Corpus

American Bar Association
Former Member, Standing Committee on Lawyers Public Service Resp.

Florida Bar Foundation
Former Member, Board of Directors

Legal Assistance to the Poor Committee
Former Member

Children's Project
Former Member

Children, Families, and the Law Judicial Council
Former Member

Child Welfare Study Commission (commissioned by Florida Legislature)
Former Chair

Child Support Study Commission (commissioned by Florida Legislature)
Former Chair

Study commission on Guardianship Law (commissioned by Florida Legislature)
Former Chair

Florida Kids Count Advisory Council
Former Member

Juvenile Justice Center
Former Board Member

Florida Commission on the Status of Women
Former Member

Florida Gender Bias Study Implementation Commission
Former Member

Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
Former Member

National Association for Court Managment
Former Member

American Judicature Society
Former Member

Florida Court Statistics and Workload Committee
Former Member

Florida Sentencing Guidelines Commission (commissioned by Florida Legislature)
Former Member

Florida Statewide Prosecution Function Commission (commissioned by Florida Legislature)
Former Member

Associated Marine Institute (parent institute to Dade Marine Institute)
Former Executive Board Member

Past Employment Positions:
Florida Supreme Court, Chief Justice, 1992 - 1994

Florida Supreme Court, Associate Justice, 1985 - 1992

Fourth District Court of Appeals, State of Florida, Appellate Judge, 1984 - 1985

Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, State of Florida, Chief Judge, 1983 - 1984

Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, State of Florida, Administrative Judge, Civil Division, 1982 - 1983

Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, State of Florida, Judge, 1979 - 1984

Private Civil and Trial Law Practice, West Palm Beach, Florida, 1970 - 1979

Elementary and Secondary Schools, Educator, 1960 - 1967

Birth Information:
1939, Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico
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