Rosemary Barkett

Rosemary Barkett
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
In office April 15, 1994 – September 30, 2013
Appointed by	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Paul Hitch Roney
Succeeded by	Robin S. Rosenbaum
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Florida
In office 1992 – April 21, 1994
Preceded by	Leander J. Shaw Jr.
Succeeded by	Charles T. Wells
Justice of the Supreme Court of Florida
In office November 15, 1985 – April 21, 1994
Appointed by	Bob Graham
Preceded by	James E. Alderman
Succeeded by	Harry Lee Anstead
Personal details
Born	Rosemary Barakat (1939-08-29) August 29, 1939 (age 85) Ciudad Victoria, Mexico
Education	Saint Joseph College of Florida (AA) Spring Hill College (BS) University of Florida (JD)

Rosemary Barkett (née Barakat; born August 29, 1939) is a Mexican-American judge of the Iran–United States Claims Tribunal located in The Hague, Netherlands since 2013. Previously, she served as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Prior to her nomination for that post, she was chief justice of the Florida Supreme Court.

Born in Mexico to parents who were emigrants from Syria, she is recognized as the first woman, Arab American, and Hispanic judge (of Syrian descent) on the Florida Supreme Court.^{[citation needed]}