Richard W. Roberts

Chief Judge Roberts was appointed to the U.S. District Court in July 1998, and became Chief Judge on July 16, 2013. He graduated cum laude from Vassar College (1974) and received an M.I.A. from the School for International Training (1978) and a J.D. from Columbia University (1978). Prior to his appointment to the bench, Chief Judge Roberts served for three years as Chief of the Criminal Section in the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. Previously, Chief Judge Roberts was the Principal Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia. In prior posts, Chief Judge Roberts served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, an associate with Covington & Burling, and an Honors Program trial attorney in the Criminal Section in the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. Chief Judge Roberts became a member of the Judicial Conference of the United States in July 2013.

Judge

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

1998 - Current

Served as chief judge, 2013-present.

Chief

Criminal Section, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice

1995 - 1998

Assistant U.S. attorney

District of Columbia

1988 - 1995

principal assistant U.S. attorney, 1993-1995

Assistant U.S. attorney

Southern District of New York

1986 - 1988

Attorney

Private practice, Washington, D.C.

1982 - 1986

Trial attorney

Criminal Section, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice

1978 - 1982

Columbia Law School

J.D. (1978)

School for International Training (now SIT Graduate Institute)

M.I.A. (1975)

Vassar College

B.A. (1974)

Judicial Conference of the United States

Member

2013 - Current