Robert L. Wilkins

Robert L. Wilkins
Wilkins in 2013
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Incumbent
Assumed office January 15, 2014
Appointed by	Barack Obama
Preceded by	David B. Sentelle
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
In office December 27, 2010 – January 24, 2014
Appointed by	Barack Obama
Preceded by	James Robertson
Succeeded by	Randolph Moss
Personal details
Born	Robert Leon Wilkins (1963-10-02) October 2, 1963 (age 60) Muncie, Indiana, U.S.
Education	Rose–Hulman Institute of Technology (BS) Harvard University (JD)

Robert Leon Wilkins (born October 2, 1963) is an American lawyer and jurist serving as United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. He previously served as a judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia from 2010 to 2014.

Wilkins' 2013 nomination to the D.C. Circuit, along with the nominations of Patricia Millett and Nina Pillard, ultimately became central to the debate over the use of the filibuster in the United States Senate, leading to the use of the nuclear option to bring it to the floor for a vote.