Robin M. Meriweather

Judge Robin M. Meriweather was appointed to the United States Court of Federal Claims by President Biden on August 8, 2024. 

From January 2017 until her appointment to the Court of Federal Claims, Judge Meriweather served as a United States Magistrate Judge for the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. As a Magistrate Judge, Judge Meriweather presided over a variety of civil and criminal proceedings.

Prior to becoming a Magistrate Judge, Judge Meriweather served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia, and was Deputy Chief of the Civil Division of that office from 2011 to 2017.  Before that, Judge Meriweather worked in private practice as an associate at Jenner & Block LLP.

Judge Meriweather was a law clerk for Judge Merrick B. Garland on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.  She received her J.D. from Yale Law School and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Michigan.