Teresa Wynn Roseborough

Teresa Wynn Roseborough (born November 28, 1958) is an American lawyer, a former Deputy Assistant Attorney General during the Clinton administration and is the current Chief Litigation Counsel at MetLife.

Early life and education

A native of Memphis, Roseborough earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Virginia in 1980 and a master's degree in education from Boston University in 1983. She then earned her law degree with high honors from the University of North Carolina School of Law in 1986, also having edited the North Carolina Law Review. [ [http://www.lawyerroster.com/website/Lawid232457.html Teresa Roseborough - Atlanta, Georgia GA Civil Rights ] ]

From 1986 until 1987, Roseborough worked as a law clerk for U.S. Court of Appeals Judge James Dickson Phillips, Jr., and from 1987 until 1988, Roseborough worked as a law clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens.

Professional career

After her clerkships, Roseborough worked for the law firm Sutherland Asbill & Brennan as an associate for five years, according to a March 2, 1996 article in the Atlanta Journal and Constitution.

Executive Branch experience

In 1994, Roseborough took a job with the U.S. Department of Justice as a Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Office of Legal Counsel. "I was excited about the opportunity to work for a Democratic administration partly because I was so dismayed with what I saw happening to the legal regime under Republican administrations," Roseborough told the Atlanta Journal and Constitution in an article that appeared on August 21, 1994. [ [http://bench.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MTk2ZmVjMTM3MDhhN2Y0ZTczMDgwOWUwYWFmODgwOTA= Bench Memos on National Review Online ] ] Roseborough commuted to Washington from Atlanta under an arrangement signed off on by then-Attorney General Janet Reno. Roseborough left the Office of Legal Counsel in early 1996 and returned to Atlanta, rejoining Sutherland Asbill as a partner, according to a March 2, 1996 article in the Atlanta Journal and Constitution.

Finalist for an appeals court post

In early 1997, Roseborough was one of four finalists to a vacancy created in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit by the decision by Judge Phyllis A. Kravitch to shift to senior status on December 31, 1996. President Clinton chose to instead nominate Frank M. Hull to the post. The other finalists were Leah Ward Sears and U.S. District Judge Clarence Cooper, according to a May 3, 1997 article in the Atlanta Journal and Constitution. The American Spectator reported in its November 1997 issue that Clinton had intended to nominate Roseborough to the seat, but that the then-chairman of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, Sen. Orrin Hatch, had "balked" at that idea and had "suggested that a more moderate Clinton-appointed U.S. district judge, Frank Hull, would have clear sailing."

2000 presidential election

During the disputed 2000 presidential election, Roseborough was brought in to litigate for Vice President Al Gore. [ [http://www.blackenterprise.com/cms/exclusivesopen.aspx/id/612 blackenterprise.com - Top Lawyers List -2 ] ]

Later work

While still a partner at Sutherland Asbill, Roseborough in late 2005 was identified as one of three finalists to become the dean of the University of North Carolina School of Law. The other finalists were Dave Douglas and Erwin Chemerinsky. [ [http://triangle.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2006/04/17/tidbits1.html Search goes on: Not for a coach, for a law dean - Triangle Business Journal: ] ] Roseborough and Chemerinsky later withdrew as candidates, and the school ultimately wound up selecting John "Jack" Boger. [ [http://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2006/04/10/story4.html?page=2 UNC's hunt for law dean stalls; resources cited - Triangle Business Journal: ] ]

In 2006, Roseborough joined MetLife as its Chief Litigation Counsel. She also has served on the board of directors of the American Constitution Society. [ [http://www.acslaw.org/node/2993 Teresa Wynn Roseborough | American Constitution Society ] ]

Possible nomination to a federal appeals court and to the Supreme Court

In July 2007, Tom Goldstein of the legal blog SCOTUSblog speculated that Roseborough was a likely nominee to a federal appeals court in a Democratic presidential administration. Goldstein also identified Roseborough as a likely nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court by a Democratic president after a short stint on a federal appeals court. [ [http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/follow-up-to-the-democratic-not-so-short-list/ Follow-Up to the Democratic (Not So) Short List | SCOTUSblog ] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.acslaw.org/node/2993 American Constitution Society Profile]