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Robert Leon Wilkins (born October 2, 1963) is an American lawyer and jurist serving as United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. He previously served as a judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia from 2010 to 2014.
ROBERT L. WILKINS. (202) 216-7240. Judge Wilkins was appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on January 15, 2014. A native of Muncie Indiana, he obtained a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in 1986 and a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1989.
May 16, 2019 · Wilkins was appointed U.S. District Judge for the District of Columbia in 2010. In 2014, he was appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Wilkins was a member of the American Bar Association, the National Bar Association, and numerous sentencing and juvenile justice related associations.
Dec 19, 2022 · I had been thinking about all of this when I contemplated the recent portrait ceremony of Judge Robert L. Wilkins. Wilkins was appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of...
- Dahlia Lithwick
Robert Leon Wilkins is a federal judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. In June 2013, President Barack Obama nominated Robert Wilkins for a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Wilkins was confirmed by the Senate on January 13, 2014, on a vote of 55-43.
- Robert Leon Wilkins
- Confirmed 126 days after nomination.
- District of Columbia
Mar 7, 2016 · NAME — Robert Leon Wilkins. AGE — 52. CURRENT POSITION — Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. PROFESSIONAL — Before becoming a federal judge in 2010, Wilkins worked at a law firm and served as a public defender in Washington. He was elevated to the appeals court in 2014.
When federal judge Robert L. Wilkins reminisces about his career as an influential jurist and civil rights activist, he credits his years as a chemical engineering major at Rose-Hulman with providing a solid technical foundation for his legal pursuits, as well as a community of peers who were driven to succeed.
