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Joan Lenard
2017 - Present
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Joan A. Lenard is a federal judge on senior status with the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. She joined the court in 1995 after being nominated by President Bill Clinton.
Early life and education
Born in Amityville, New York, Lenard graduated from Rockland Community College with her associate degree in 1972, from Roger Williams College with her bachelor's degree in 1973, and from Antioch School of Law with her J.D. in 1976.[1]
Professional career
- 2017 - Present: Senior judge
- 1995-2017: Judge
- 1993-1995: Judge, family division, Florida's Eleventh Circuit Court
- 1982-1993: Judge, Miami-Dade County Court, Florida
- 1976-1982: Assistant state attorney, Eleventh Circuit of Florida[1]
Judicial career
Southern District of Florida
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| Nominee Information |
| Name: Joan A. Lenard |
| Court: United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida |
| Progress |
| Confirmed 84 days after nomination. |
 Nominated: September 29, 1995
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| ABA Rating: Unanimously Qualified
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| Questionnaire: |
| Hearing: December 19, 1995
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| QFRs: (Hover over QFRs to read more) |
| Reported: December 21, 1995
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| Confirmed: December 22, 1995
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| Vote: Voice vote
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Lenard was nominated to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida by President Bill Clinton on September 29, 1995, to a seat vacated by James L. King. The American Bar Association rated Lenard Unanimously Qualified for the nomination. Hearings on Lenard's nomination were held before the Senate Judiciary Committee on December 19, 1995, and her nomination was reported by U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) on December 21, 1995. Lenard was confirmed on a voice vote of the U.S. Senate on December 22, 1995, and she received her commission on December 26, 1995. She elected to take senior status beginning on July 1, 2017.[1][2][3]
Noteworthy cases
Sears Tower Attack (2009)
- See also: United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida (USA v. Batiste et. al., 06-20373-CR-Lenard)
- See also: United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida (USA v. Batiste et. al., 06-20373-CR-Lenard)
Judge Lenard was the presiding judge in the case of six Miami area men who were accused of trying to destroy the Sears (now Willis) Tower in Chicago.[4] On November 20, 2009, Judge Lenard sentenced Narseal Batiste to thirteen and a half years in federal prison. Batistie's co-conspirators received sentences between five and eight years.[5]
See also
- United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida
- United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Federal Judicial Center, "Biography of Judge Joan A. Lenard," accessed July 1, 2017
- ↑ United States Congress, "PN 659 — Joan A. Lenard — The Judiciary," accessed July 1, 2017
- ↑ American Bar Association, "Ratings of Article III judicial nominees, 104th Congress," accessed July 1, 2017
- ↑ The Washington Post, "5 Miami Men Convicted of Attempting to bomb Sears Tower," May 12, 2009
- ↑ The New York Times, "Florida: Sentencing in Tower Plot," November 20, 2009
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: James L. King |
Southern District of Florida 1995–2017 Seat #6 |
Succeeded by: NA
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| 1993 |
Adams • Ambrose • Barnes • Brinkema • Bucklew • Chasanow • Coffman • Daughtrey • Ferguson • Ginsburg • Hagen • Jackson • Lancaster • Leval • Lindsay • Messitte • Michael • Piersol • Saris • Schwartz • Seybert • Shanahan • Shaw • Stearns • Trager • Vazquez • Wilken • Wilson | ||
| 1994 |
Baer • Barkett • Batts • Beaty • Benavides • Bennett • Berrigan • Biery • Block • Borman • Breyer • Briones • Bryson • Bucklo • Burgess • Burrage • Cabranes • Calabresi • Carr • Casellas • Castillo • Chatigny • Chin • Cindrich • Coar • Collins • Cooper • Cote • Currie • Davis • Dominguez • Downes • Duval • Friedman • Furgeson • Garcia • Gertner • Gettleman • Gillmor • Gilmore • Gleeson • Haggerty • Hamilton • Hannah • Hawkins • Henry • Holmes • Hood • Hull • Hurley • Jack • Jones • Jones • Kaplan • Katz • Kern • Kessler • Koeltl • Lisi • Manning • McKee • McLaughlin • Melancon • Miles-LaGrange • Moore • Motz • Murphy • O'Malley • O'Meara • Oliver • Paez • B. Parker • F. Parker • R. Parker • Perry • Ponsor • Pooler • Porteous • Rendell • Riley • Robertson • Rogers • Ross • Russell • Sands • Sarokin • Scheindlin • Silver • Squatrito • Stewart • Sullivan • Tatel • Thompson • Timlin • Urbina • Vanaskie • Vance • Walls • Wells • Williams | ||
| 1995 |
Arterton • Atlas • Black • Blake • Briscoe • Tena Campbell • Todd Campbell • Chesney • Cole • Collier • Daniel • Davis • Dennis • Dlott • Donald • Duffy • Economus • Evans • Fallon • Folsom • Gaughan • Goodwin • Heartfield • Hunt • Illston • Jones • King • Kornmann • Lawson • Lenard • Lucero • Lynch • McKinley • Moody • Moore • Moskowitz • Murphy • Murtha • Nugent • O'Toole • Orlofsky • Pogue • Sessions • C. Smith • O. Smith • Stein • Thornburg • Tunheim • Wallach • Wardlaw • Webber • Whaley • Winmill • Wood | ||
| 1996 |
Broadwater • Clevert • Fenner • Gershon • Gottschall • Greenaway • Hinkle • Jones • Kahn • Laughrey • Lemmon • Marten • Miller • Molloy • Montgomery • Pregerson • Rakoff • Sargus • Tashima • Thomas • Zapata | ||
| 1997 |
Adelman • Bataillon • Breyer • Caputo • Casey • Chambers • Clay • Damrell • Droney • Friedman • Gajarsa • Garland • Gilman • Gold • Gwin • Hall • Hayden • Hull • Ishii • Jenkins • Kauffman • Kennedy • Kimball • Kollar-Kotelly • Lazzara • Marbley • Marcus • Middlebrooks • Miller • Moon • Pratt • Rendell • Sippel • Siragusa • Snyder • Thrash | ||
| 1998 |
Aiken • Barbier • Barzilay • Berman • Buttram • Carter • Collins • Dawson • Dimitrouleas • Fletcher • Fogel • Frank • Graber • Hellerstein • Herndon • James • Johnson • Kane • Kelly • G. King • R. King • Lasnik • Lee • Lemelle • Lindsay • Lipez • Manella • Matz • McCuskey • McKeown • McMahon • Mickle • Mollway • Mordue • Moreno • Morrow • Munley • Murphy • Pallmeyer • Pauley • Polster • Pooler • Rawlinson • Ridgway • R. Roberts • V. Roberts • Sack • Scott • Seitz • Seymour • Shea • Silverman • Sleet • Sotomayor • Steeh • Story • Straub • Tagle • Tarnow • Trauger • Traxler • Tyson • Wardlaw • Whelan • Young | ||
| 1999 |
Alsup • Barry • Brown • Buchwald • Cooper • Eaton • Ellison • Feess • Fisher • Gould • Guzman • Haynes • Hibbler • Hochberg • Hurd • Huvelle • Jordan • Katzmann • Kennelly • Linn • Lorenz • Lynn • Marrero • Murguia • Pannell • Pechman • Pepper • Phillips • Schreier • Stewart • Underhill • Ward • Williams • Wilson | ||
| 2000 |
Ambro • Antoon • Battani • Berzon • Bolton • Brady • Bye • Cavanaugh • Daniels • Darrah • Dawson • Dyk • Fuentes • Garaufis • Garcia-Gregory • Hamilton • Huck • Hunt • Lawson • Lefkow • Lynch • Martin • McLaughlin • Moody • Murguia • Paez • Pisano • Presnell • Rawlinson • Reagan • Schiller • Singal • Steele • Surrick • Swain • Tallman • Teilborg • Tucker • Whittemore | ||
Federal courts:
Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Middle District of Florida, Northern District of Florida, Southern District of Florida • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Middle District of Florida, Northern District of Florida, Southern District of Florida
State courts:
Florida Supreme Court • Florida District Courts of Appeal • Florida Circuit Court • Florida County Court
State resources:
Courts in Florida • Florida judicial elections • Judicial selection in Florida
