Robin Stacie Rosenbaum (born July 11, 1966) is an American lawyer who serves as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit since 2014. She previously was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida from 2012 to 2014. Early life and education Rosenbaum was born in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and attended Pine Crest School in Florida. She completed her Bachelor of Arts degree in 1988 at Cornell University, where she was a student-elected member of the Board of Trustees, a member of the Quill and Dagger society, and a member of the Zeta Phi chapter of Alpha Chi Omega. Rosenbaum received her Juris Doctor magna cum laude, in 1991 from the University of Miami School of Law. Legal career Rosenbaum was a trial attorney in the Federal Programs Branch of the United States Department of Justice from 1991 to 1995. She served as staff counsel for the United States Office of the Independent Counsel from 1995 to 1996. She worked as a litigation associate at Holland & Knight from 1996 to 1997. Rosenbaum then clerked for Judge Stanley Marcus of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in 1998. From 1998 to 2007, she served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of Florida, becoming Chief of the Economics Crime Section in Fort Lauderdale in 2002. Since 2009, she has been an adjunct professor at the University of Miami School of Law. Federal judicial service United States magistrate judge service In 2007, Rosenbaum was selected to be a United States magistrate judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Her service as a magistrate judge ended on June 27, 2012 when she was elevated to district court judge. District court service On November 30, 2011, President Barack Obama nominated Rosenbaum to be District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, to replace Alan Stephen Gold, who assumed senior status on January 10, 2011. The United States Senate confirmed Rosenbaum by a 92–3 vote on June 26, 2012. She received her commission on June 27, 2012. Her service as a district court judge was terminated on June 3, 2014 when she was elevated to the 11th Circuit Court. Court of appeals service On November 7, 2013, President Barack Obama nominated Rosenbaum to