Robert N. Scola Jr.
Robert N. Scola Jr. | |
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Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida | |
Assumed office October 31, 2023 | |
Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida | |
In office October 20, 2011 – October 31, 2023 | |
Appointed by | Barack Obama |
Preceded by | Paul Huck |
Succeeded by | vacant |
Personal details | |
Born | Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S. | October 30, 1955
Education | Brown University (BA) Boston College (JD) |
Robert Nichols Scola Jr.[1] (born October 30, 1955)[2] is a Senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
Early life and education
Scola earned a
Career
From 1980 until 1986, Scola worked in the Miami-Dade Office of the State Attorney.[3] From 1986 until 1995, he worked in private legal practice, both as a sole legal practitioner and also as a criminal defense attorney.[3] In 1995, Scola became a judge on Florida's Eleventh Judicial Circuit presiding over criminal, civil and family law matters.[3][4]
Federal judicial service
On May 4, 2011, President Barack Obama nominated Scola to serve as a judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Scola would fill the seat vacated by Judge Paul Huck, who took senior status in August 2010.[5] The United States Senate confirmed Scola in a voice vote on October 19, 2011; he received his commission the following day. He assumed senior status on October 31, 2023.[4]
Notable cases
On April 29, 2019, Scola, a cancer survivor, recused himself from a case against
References
- ^ "Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. June 22, 2011.
- ^ "BIOGRAPHIES OF FEDERAL COURT JUDGES SITTING IN FLORIDA" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 30, 2017. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
- ^ National Archives.
- ^ a b c Robert N. Scola Jr. at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- National Archives.
- ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2023-01-12.
External links
- Robert N. Scola Jr. at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- Robert N. Scola Jr. at Ballotpedia