District Court · Eleventh Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
The federal trial court. Juries sit here, evidence is heard here, and almost every federal case begins here.
The bench
Who sits on this court?
Judges in active service, when they were confirmed, and who nominated each.
| Judge | Since | Nominated by | Seat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Alejandro Gonzalez Jr. Senior | 1978 | Jimmy Carter | FLSD0902 |
| William J. Zloch Senior | 1985 | Ronald Reagan | FLSD2101 |
| Federico A. Moreno Senior | 1990 | George H.W. Bush | FLSD1802 |
| Donald L. Graham Senior | 1991 | George H.W. Bush | FLSD0704 |
| Kevin Michael Moore | 1992 | George H.W. Bush | FLSD1602 |
| Daniel T. K. Hurley Senior | 1994 | William J. Clinton | FLSD1402 |
| Joan A. Lenard Senior | 1995 | William J. Clinton | FLSD1302 |
| Donald M. Middlebrooks | 1997 | William J. Clinton | FLSD1502 |
| Alan Stephen Gold Senior | 1997 | William J. Clinton | FLSD0903 |
| William P. Dimitrouleas | 1998 | William J. Clinton | FLSD1103 |
| Patricia A. Seitz Senior | 1998 | William J. Clinton | FLSD1902 |
| Paul C. Huck Senior | 2000 | William J. Clinton | FLSD0804 |
| Kenneth A. Marra Senior | 2002 | George W. Bush | FLSD2301 |
| Jose E. Martinez | 2002 | George W. Bush | FLSD1702 |
| Cecilia M. Altonaga | 2003 | George W. Bush | FLSD2003 |
| James I. Cohn Senior | 2003 | George W. Bush | FLSD2401 |
| Kathleen Mary Williams | 2011 | Barack Obama | FLSD1403 |
| Robert Nichols Scola Jr. Senior | 2011 | Barack Obama | FLSD0805 |
| Darrin Phillip Gayles | 2014 | Barack Obama | FLSD1903 |
| Beth Francine Bloom | 2014 | Barack Obama | FLSD0705 |
| Robin Lee Rosenberg | 2014 | Barack Obama | FLSD1004 |
| Roy Kalman Altman | 2019 | Donald J. Trump | FLSD1303 |
| Rodolfo Armando Ruiz II | 2019 | Donald J. Trump | FLSD2102 |
| Rodney Smith | 2019 | Donald J. Trump | FLSD0905 |
| Anuraag Hari Singhal | 2019 | Donald J. Trump | FLSD2402 |
| Aileen Mercedes Cannon | 2020 | Donald J. Trump | FLSD2302 |
| Jacqueline Becerra | 2024 | Joseph R. Biden | FLSD1205 |
| David Seymour Leibowitz | 2024 | Joseph R. Biden | FLSD1803 |
| Melissa Damian | 2024 | Joseph R. Biden | FLSD2202 |
| Edward L. Artau | 2025 | Donald J. Trump | FLSD0806 |
| Jeffrey Thomas Kuntz | 2026 | Donald J. Trump | FLSD2501 |
Source · Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges, 1789–present (public domain)
What seats does this court have?
Each seat on this court, who holds it, and how many judges have held it before.
- Judges seated now
- 31
- Seat numbers on record
- 77
| Seat | Held by | Since | Holders to date |
|---|---|---|---|
| FLSD0704 | Donald L. Graham | 1991 | 1 |
| FLSD0705 | Beth Francine Bloom | 2014 | 1 |
| FLSD0804 | Paul C. Huck | 2000 | 1 |
| FLSD0805 | Robert Nichols Scola Jr. | 2011 | 1 |
| FLSD0806 | Edward L. Artau | 2025 | 1 |
| FLSD0902 | Jose Alejandro Gonzalez Jr. | 1978 | 1 |
| FLSD0903 | Alan Stephen Gold | 1997 | 1 |
| FLSD0905 | Rodney Smith | 2019 | 1 |
| FLSD1004 | Robin Lee Rosenberg | 2014 | 1 |
| FLSD1103 | William P. Dimitrouleas | 1998 | 1 |
| FLSD1205 | Jacqueline Becerra | 2024 | 1 |
| FLSD1302 | Joan A. Lenard | 1995 | 1 |
| FLSD1303 | Roy Kalman Altman | 2019 | 1 |
| FLSD1402 | Daniel T. K. Hurley | 1994 | 1 |
| FLSD1403 | Kathleen Mary Williams | 2011 | 1 |
| FLSD1502 | Donald M. Middlebrooks | 1997 | 1 |
| FLSD1602 | Kevin Michael Moore | 1992 | 1 |
| FLSD1702 | Jose E. Martinez | 2002 | 1 |
| FLSD1802 | Federico A. Moreno | 1990 | 1 |
| FLSD1803 | David Seymour Leibowitz | 2024 | 1 |
| FLSD1902 | Patricia A. Seitz | 1998 | 1 |
| FLSD1903 | Darrin Phillip Gayles | 2014 | 1 |
| FLSD2003 | Cecilia M. Altonaga | 2003 | 1 |
| FLSD2101 | William J. Zloch | 1985 | 1 |
| FLSD2102 | Rodolfo Armando Ruiz II | 2019 | 1 |
| FLSD2202 | Melissa Damian | 2024 | 1 |
| FLSD2301 | Kenneth A. Marra | 2002 | 1 |
| FLSD2302 | Aileen Mercedes Cannon | 2020 | 1 |
| FLSD2401 | James I. Cohn | 2003 | 1 |
| FLSD2402 | Anuraag Hari Singhal | 2019 | 1 |
| FLSD2501 | Jeffrey Thomas Kuntz | 2026 | 1 |
46 seat numbers with no sitting judge
These are seat numbers in the historical record with nobody currently in them. That usually means the seat was abolished or renumbered, not that it is open today — Congress has changed the size of federal courts many times. Do not read this as a vacancy list.
| Seat | Last held by | Until | Holders |
|---|---|---|---|
| FLSD0101 | William Marvin | 1863 | 1 |
| FLSD0102 | Thomas Jefferson Boynton | 1870 | 1 |
| FLSD0103 | John McKinney | 1871 | 1 |
| FLSD0104 | James William Locke | 1912 | 1 |
| FLSD0105 | John Moses Cheney | 1913 | 1 |
| FLSD0106 | Rhydon Mays Call | 1927 | 1 |
| FLSD0107 | Halsted Lockwood Ritter | 1936 | 1 |
| FLSD0108 | John Warthen Holland | 1969 | 1 |
| FLSD0109 | Joseph Patrick Lieb | 1962 | 1 |
| FLSD0201 | Lake Jones | 1930 | 1 |
| FLSD0301 | Alexander Akerman | 1948 | 1 |
| FLSD0302 | William Julius Barker | 1968 | 1 |
| FLSD0303 | William Allan McRae Jr. | 1962 | 1 |
| FLSD0401 | Louie Willard Strum | 1950 | 1 |
| FLSD0402 | John Milton Bryan Simpson | 1962 | 1 |
| FLSD0501 | Curtis Longino Waller | 1943 | 1 |
| FLSD0502 | Dozier Adolphus DeVane | 1947 | 1 |
| FLSD0601 | George William Whitehurst | 1974 | 1 |
| FLSD0602 | George Cressler Young | 1966 | 1 |
| FLSD0701 | Emett Clay Choate | 1974 | 1 |
| FLSD0702 | William Osborne Mehrtens | 1980 | 1 |
| FLSD0703 | Sidney Myer Aronovitz | 1997 | 1 |
| FLSD0801 | David William Dyer | 1966 | 1 |
| FLSD0802 | Joseph Oscar Eaton | 2008 | 1 |
| FLSD0803 | Kenneth L. Ryskamp | 2017 | 1 |
| FLSD0901 | Charles Britton Fulton | 1996 | 1 |
| FLSD0904 | Robin Stacie Rosenbaum | 2014 | 1 |
| FLSD1001 | Carl Clyde Atkins | 1999 | 1 |
| FLSD1002 | Lenore Carrero Nesbitt | 2001 | 1 |
| FLSD1003 | Adalberto Jose Jordan | 2012 | 1 |
| FLSD1101 | Ted Cabot | 1971 | 1 |
| FLSD1102 | Norman Charles Roettger Jr. | 2003 | 1 |
| FLSD1201 | Peter Thorp Fay | 1976 | 1 |
| FLSD1202 | William Marcellin Hoeveler | 2017 | 1 |
| FLSD1203 | Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. | 2003 | 1 |
| FLSD1204 | Marcia G. Cooke | 2023 | 1 |
| FLSD1301 | James Lawrence King | 2026 | 1 |
| FLSD1401 | James Carriger Paine | 2010 | 1 |
| FLSD1501 | James W. Kehoe | 1998 | 1 |
| FLSD1601 | Eugene P. Spellman | 1991 | 1 |
| FLSD1701 | Edward Bertrand Davis | 2000 | 1 |
| FLSD1801 | Alcee Lamar Hastings | 1989 | 1 |
| FLSD1901 | Stanley Marcus | 1997 | 1 |
| FLSD2001 | Thomas Emerson Scott Jr. | 1990 | 1 |
| FLSD2002 | Shelby Highsmith | 2015 | 1 |
| FLSD2201 | Ursula Ungaro | 2021 | 1 |
This site does not publish a vacancy count. Seat identifiers are not stable across court renamings and reorganisations, so a seat that was vacated and refilled can appear empty when it is not. The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts publishes the authoritative list of current judicial vacancies: uscourts.gov.
Seats are created by Congress and filled by the President with the Senate's consent. For current vacancies, use the Administrative Office's published list rather than inferring them from this table.
Source · Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges, 1789–present (public domain)
How this bench was built
Who appointed them?
The tally of presidents who placed the sitting judges on this court.
- Democratic
- 16
- Republican
- 15
| President | Judges |
|---|---|
| Donald J. Trump | 7 |
| William J. Clinton | 7 |
| Barack Obama | 5 |
| George W. Bush | 4 |
| Joseph R. Biden | 3 |
| George H.W. Bush | 3 |
| Jimmy Carter | 1 |
| Ronald Reagan | 1 |
The party of the president who appointed a judge is a matter of record. How that judge will rule is not, and this site draws no inference from one to the other.
Source · Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges, 1789–present (public domain)