Seven Florida Nominees Revived for Federal District Bench
Nominations are in play for two seats each in the Southern, Middle and Northern Districts of Florida.
January 22, 2019 at 06:39 PM
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The original version of this story was published on National Law Journal
Left to right, Judges Rodolfo Ruiz II and Rodney Smith, and Miami attorney Roy Altman. Photos: Diego M. Radzinschi.
Seven Florida candidates are on a list of 51 people renominated by President Donald Trump for seats on federal district and appellate courts.
The U.S. Senate was asked Tuesday to confirm Podhurst Orseck partner Roy Altman and Miami-Dade Circuit Judges Rodolfo “Rudy” Ruiz II and Rodney Smith for seats in the Southern District of Florida.
They were initially nominated last April, but that paperwork expired when the new congressional session began.
Four others from Florida are in line for two seats in the Middle District — Hillsborough Circuit Judge and former Carlton Fields partner Thomas Barber and Fifth District Court of Appeal Judge Wendy Berger — and two in the Northern District — First District Judge and former Hopping, Green, Sams & Smith attorney T. Kent Wetherell and First District judge and former state Solicitor General Allen Winsor.
The slate also includes picks for district courts in Georgia, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas and Virginia and nominees for the Second, Third, Ninth and D.C. circuits.
Read the full list the Trump administration sent to the Senate:
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Read more:
Democrats Pressed 36-Year-Old Circuit Pick on 'Life Experience'
Former SCOTUS Clerks Dominate the Ranks of Trump's Judicial Nominees
For Trump Nominees, Road to the Bench Included Familiar Clerkship Stops
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