Rosenberg received a
Bachelor of Arts degree in 1983 from
Princeton University. She received a
Master of Arts degree and
Juris Doctor in 1989 from
Duke University and
Duke University School of Law. She began her legal career as a
law clerk to Judge
James Carriger Paine of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida from 1989 to 1990. She served as a trial attorney in the
Civil Rights Division of the
United States Department of Justice from 1990 to 1994. While on leave from that position, she worked at a non profit organization in the
Czech Republic from 1993 to 1994. She was an associate at the law firm of Foley & Lardner from 1994 to 1995. She served as an assistant city attorney for the City of
West Palm Beach, Florida, from 1995 to 1997. She was a partner at Holland & Knight LLP, from 1997 to 1999. She served as vice president and general counsel at the
Slim Fast Foods Company from 1999 to 2001. She was a partner at the law firm of Rosenberg & McAuliffe, PL, from 2001 to 2006, and concurrently managed ARC Mediation, a full service dispute resolution firm, from 2002 to 2006. From 2007 to 2014, she was a
circuit court judge in the
Fifteenth Judicial Circuit.
Federal judicial service On February 26, 2014, President
Barack Obama nominated Rosenberg to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, to the seat vacated by Judge
Adalberto Jordan, who was elevated to the court of appeals on February 24, 2012. She received a hearing before the
United States Senate Judiciary Committee on May 20, 2014. On June 19, 2014 her nomination was reported out of committee by a
voice vote. On July 16, 2014, Senate Majority Leader
Harry Reid filed a motion to invoke
cloture on Rosenberg's nomination. On July 22, 2014 the Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 58–42 vote. Later that day, Rosenberg was confirmed by a 100–0 vote. She received her judicial commission on July 24, 2014. In 2020, Rosenberg presided over the federal
multidistrict litigation consolidating cases brought by users of the
heartburn medication
Zantac (
ranitidine), who alleged that the drug caused cancer through degradation into the carcinogen NDMA. On July 23, 2025, Rosenberg declined to release additional grand jury documents from the criminal investigation into
Jeffrey Epstein, citing that the Department of Justice's request to release the documents was not part of a judicial proceeding. Rosenberg was the victim of
antisemitic posts, notabky on the
social networking service X following the ruling. In April 2025, she was elected as director of the
Federal Judicial Center, assuming that office in August 2025. ==Personal life==