James Robertson (judge)

James Robertson
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
In office December 31, 2008 – June 1, 2010
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
In office October 11, 1994 – December 31, 2008
Appointed by	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	George Hughes Revercomb
Succeeded by	Robert L. Wilkins
Personal details
Born	(1938-05-18)May 18, 1938 Cleveland, Ohio
Died	September 7, 2019(2019-09-07) (aged 81) Washington, D.C.
Spouse	Berit Persson (m. 1959)
Education	Princeton University (B.A.) George Washington University Law School (LL.B.)

James Robertson (May 18, 1938 – September 7, 2019) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia from 1994 until his retirement in June 2010. Robertson also served on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court from 2002 until December 2005, when he resigned from that court in protest against warrantless wiretapping.^[1]