Nancy J. Rosenstengel

Nancy Jo Rosenstengel (née Niemeier; born April 15, 1968) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois and former clerk of court of the same court.

Biography

Rosenstengel received a Bachelor of Arts degree, cum laude, in 1990 from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She received a Juris Doctor, cum laude, in 1993 from the Southern Illinois University School of Law.

She was an associate at the law firm of Sandberg, Phoenix & von Gontard (now Sandberg Phoenix) from 1993 to 1998, where her practice primarily involved products liability, medical malpractice and Jones Act litigation.

From 1998 to 2009, she served as a career law clerk to Judge G. Patrick Murphy of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois. From 2009 to 2014, she served as Clerk of Court in the same district.

Federal judicial service

On November 7, 2013, President Barack Obama nominated Rosenstengel to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois,

On February 6, 2014 her nomination was reported out of committee. Cloture was filed on her nomination on May 6, 2014. On Thursday May 8, 2014 the Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 54–42 vote. Later that day, her nomination was confirmed by a 95–0 vote.

She received her judicial commission on May 12, 2014. A formal investiture ceremony occurred on July 2, 2014.