Margaret Catharine Rodgers

Margaret Catharine "Casey" Rodgers (born August 13, 1964)[1] is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida.

Margaret Catharine Rodgers
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida
In office 2011 – June 23, 2018
Preceded by	Stephan P. Mickle
Succeeded by	Mark E. Walker
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida
Incumbent
Assumed office November 21, 2003
Appointed by	George W. Bush
Preceded by	Lacey A. Collier
Personal details
Born	August 13, 1964 Pensacola, Florida
Education	University of West Florida (BA) California Western School of Law (JD)

Education and career

Born in Pensacola, Florida, Rodgers was in the United States Army from 1985 to 1987, and thereafter received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of West Florida in 1989 and a Juris Doctor from California Western School of Law, an independent law school, in 1992. She was a law clerk for Judge Lacey A. Collier, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida from 1992 to 1994. She was in private practice in Pensacola from 1999 to 2002, serving as general counsel to the West Florida Medical Center, in Pensacola from 1998 to 1999. She was a United States Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida, from 2002 to 2003.

Federal judicial service

On July 14, 2003, Rodgers was nominated by President George W. Bush to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida vacated by Lacey A. Collier. Rodgers was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 20, 2003, and received her commission on November 21, 2003. She was the first woman appointed in the district's history. She served as Chief Judge from 2011–2018.[2]

References

1. "BIOGRAPHIES OF FEDERAL COURT JUDGES SITTING IN FLORIDA" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 30, 2017. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
2. Buchanan, Virginia (January 2004), "Introducing the Hon. Margaret C. 'Casey' Rodgers U.S. District Court of Florida, Northern District" (PDF), AFTL Women's Caucus Journal, archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-08-17, retrieved 2016-08-02

Sources

• Margaret Catharine Rodgers at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.