United States District Judge Rosemary M. Collyer will take her oath of office on Wednesday,

February 19, 2003, at 4:00 p.m., in the Ceremonial Courtroom of the E. Barrett Prettyman

United States Courthouse. Judge Rosemary M. Collyer was appointed to the United States

District Court in January 2003. She had been a partner in the Washington, D.C., law firm

of Crowell & Moring LLP from 1989 to 2003. Judge Collyer served as General Counsel of

the National Labor Relations Board (1984- 89) and Chairman of the Federal Mine Safety

and Health Review Commission (1981-1984). She graduated from the University of Denver

College of Law (1979) and Trinity College Washington, D.C. (1968). She practiced law

with Sherman & Howard in Denver, Colorado, before her government service. Judge Collyer

is a member of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers and the American Bar

Association Foundation.