Robert J. Conrad

Robert J. Conrad
Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts
Assumed office
March 1, 2024
Appointed byJohn Roberts
Preceded byRoslynn R. Mauskopf
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina
In office
May 17, 2023  February 28, 2025
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina
In office
2006–2013
Preceded byGraham Calder Mullen
Succeeded byFrank DeArmon Whitney
Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina
In office
June 2, 2005  May 17, 2023
Appointed byGeorge W. Bush
Preceded bySeat established by 116 Stat. 1758
Succeeded byvacant
Personal details
Born
Robert James Conrad Jr.

(1958-05-17) May 17, 1958
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
SpouseAnn
Children5
EducationClemson University (BA)
University of Virginia (JD)

Robert James "Bob" Conrad Jr. (born May 17, 1958) is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina. He served as chief judge from 2006 to 2013 and was nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit to take the place of the retired James Dickson Phillips Jr. He previously served as a member of the executive committee of the Judicial Conference of the United States from 2016 to 2020.