Susan Black (Eleventh Circuit)
2011 - Present
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Susan Harrell Black is a federal judge on senior status with the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit. She joined the court in 1992 after being nominated by President George H.W. Bush. Prior to her service on the Eleventh Circuit, she was a district judge on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.[1]
Early life and education
Born in Valdosta, Georgia, Black earned her B.A. from Florida State University in 1964, her J.D. from the University of Florida College of Law in 1967, and her LL.M. from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1984.[1]
Professional career
- 1975-1979: Judge, Fourth Judicial Circuit of Florida
- 1973-1975: Judge, Duval County (Fla.) Court
- 1972-1973: Assistant general counsel, Jacksonville, Fla.
- 1969-1972: Assistant state's attorney, Jacksonville, Fla.
- 1968-1969: Attorney, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- 1967-1968: Teacher, Jacksonville, Fla.[1]
Judicial career
11th Circuit Court of Appeals
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| Nominee Information |
| Name: Susan H. Black |
| Court: United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit |
| Progress |
| Confirmed 154 days after nomination. |
 Nominated: March 10, 1992
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| ABA Rating: Unanimously Well Qualified
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| Questionnaire: |
| Hearing: June 4, 1992
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| QFRs: (Hover over QFRs to read more) |
| Reported: June 11, 1992
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| Confirmed: August 11, 1992
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| Vote: Unanimous consent
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Black was nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit by President George H.W. Bush on March 10, 1992, to a seat vacated by Thomas Clark. The American Bar Association rated Black Unanimously Well Qualified for the nomination.[2] Hearings on Black's nomination were held before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary on June 4, 1992, and her nomination was reported by then-U.S. Sen. Joseph Biden (D-Del.) on June 11, 1992. Black was confirmed by the unanimous consent of the U.S. Senate on August 11, 1992, and she received her commission the next day. She assumed senior status on February 25, 2011.[1][3] She was succeeded in this position by Judge Adalberto Jordan.
Middle District of Florida
Black was nominated to the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida by President Jimmy Carter on May 22, 1979, to a new seat created by 92 Stat. 1629. Black was confirmed by the United States Senate on July 23, 1979, and she received her commission the next day. Black served as chief judge of the court from 1990 to 1992. She resigned from the district court on September 3, 1992, upon her elevation to the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals.[1] Black was succeeded in this position by Judge Henry Adams.
See also
- United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit
- United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida
External links
- Judge Black's biography from the Federal Judicial Center
- Judge Black's biography from the Eleventh Circuit website
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Federal Judicial Center, "Biographical directory of federal judges," accessed August 17, 2016
- ↑ American Bar Association, "Ratings of Article III judicial nominees, 102nd Congress," accessed August 17, 2016
- ↑ United States Congress, "PN 933 - Susan H. Black — The Judiciary," accessed August 17, 2016
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: NA-New Seat 92 Stat. 1629 |
Middle District of Florida 1979–1992 Seat #7 |
Succeeded by: Henry Adams |
| Preceded by: Thomas Clark |
Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals 1992–2011 |
Succeeded by: Adalberto Jordan
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Marcia Howard • Mary Scriven • Sheri Chappell • Wendy W. Berger • Tom Barber • Carlos E. Mendoza • Paul G. Byron • John L. Badalamenti • William Jung • Julie Sneed • Kathryn Kimball Mizelle • Kyle Dudek | ||
| Senior judges |
Patricia Fawsett • Harvey Schlesinger • Susan Bucklew • Elizabeth Kovachevich • Anne Conway • Steven Merryday • Henry Adams • Richard Lazzara • James Whittemore (Florida) • John Antoon • John Steele • James S. Moody (Florida federal judge) • Gregory Presnell • Timothy Corrigan (Florida) • Virginia Covington • Charlene Honeywell • Roy Bale Dalton, Jr. • Brian J. Davis • | ||
| Magistrate judges | Thomas G. Wilson • Greg Kelly • James Klindt • Monte Richardson • Anthony E. Porcelli • Joel Toomey • Philip Lammens • Patricia D. Barksdale • Mac McCoy • Daniel Irick • Amanda Sansone • Nicholas Mizell • Leslie Hoffman • Christopher Tuite • Sean Flynn (Florida) • Embry Kidd • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
George C. Young • Howell Melton • William Castagna • John Moore (Florida) • William Hodges • George Sharp • Gerald Tjoflat • Susan Black (Eleventh Circuit) • George Carr • Isaac Krentzman • Joseph Lieb • William McRae • Ralph Nimmons • John Reed (Florida) • Charles Scott (Florida) • John Bryan Simpson • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Patricia Fawsett • George C. Young • John Moore (Florida) • William Hodges • Elizabeth Kovachevich • Steven Merryday • Timothy Corrigan (Florida) • Susan Black (Eleventh Circuit) • George Carr • Isaac Krentzman • Joseph Lieb • William McRae • John Bryan Simpson • | ||
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| 1977 |
Ballantine • Bownes • Boyle • Bua • Carr • Clark • Cowan • Daly • Filippine • Higginbotham • Hoeveler • Hug • Johnstone • Kane • Keith • Leval • Logan • MacLaughlin • McKay • Melton • Merritt • Murphy • Nickerson • Oberdorfer • Roszkowski • Roy • Rubin • Sifton • Tang • Vance • Veron | ||
| 1978 |
Arnold • Baker • Boyle • Burns • Campos • Claiborne • Collins • Cook • Devine • Diamond • Duplantier • Edenfield • Friedman • Gonzalez • Greene • Jenkins • Lowe • Mazzone • McMillian • O'Brien • Pfaelzer • Phillips • Pollak • Sand • Shapiro • Simmons • Smith • Sweet • Tanner • Wiseman • Ziegler | ||
| 1979 |
Ackerman • Alarcon • Anderson • Arceneaux • Arnold • Aspen • Beatty • Beer • Belew • Bertelsman • Bilby • N. Black • S. Black • Bloch • Bowen • Brett • Brooks • Brown • Buchmeyer • Bunton • Burciaga • Cabranes • Carr • Carrigan • Castagna • Cire • Clark • Cohn • Conaboy • Cordova • Crabb • Cudahy • Davis • DeAnda • Debevoise • Edwards • Eginton • Ellison • Enslen • O. Evans • T. Evans • Farris • Ferguson • Fletcher • Frye • Garcia • Garza • B. Gibson • H. Gibson • Gierbolini-Ortiz • Giles • Gilliam • Green • Hall • Hastings • Hatchett • Hatfield • Hatter • Hawkins • Henderson • Higby • Hillman • Houck • Howard • Hudspeth • Hungate • F. Johnson • S. Johnson • N. Jones • S. Jones • Karlton • Kazen • Kearse • Keeton • Kehoe • Kennedy • Kidd • King • Kravitch • Loughlin • Martin • McCurn • McDonald • McNaught • McNichols • Mikva • Mitchell • Moran • Murnaghan • Murphy • D. Nelson • D.W. Nelson • Newblatt • Newman • Overton • Paine • Panner • J. Parker • R. Parker • Penn • Perez-Gimenez • Perry • Politz • Poole • Porter • Pregerson • Price • Rambo • Ramirez • Reavley • Redden • E. Reed • S. Reed • Reinhardt • Renner • Robinson • Rothstein • Sachs • Saffels • Sanders • Sarokin • Schroeder • Schwartz • Seay • Senter • Seymour • Shannon • Shaw • Shoob • Skopil • Sloviter • Sofaer • Spellman • Sprouse • Staker • Tate • Taylor • Thompson • Tidwell • Unthank • Vietor • Vining • Wald • Ward • Weinshienk • West • Wicker • Williams • Winder • Woods • Wright • Zobel | ||
| 1980 |
Aguilar • Aldrich • Anderson • Boochever • Breyer • Britt • Cahill • Canby • Carroll • Cerezo • Clemon • S. Ervin • R. Erwin • Getzendanner • Gilmore • Ginsburg • Haltom • Hardy • Henderson • Hobbs • Holschuh • Horton • Howard • Johnson • Keep • Kelly • Kenyon • Kocoras • Marquez • Marshall • Michael • Nixon • Norris • Patel • Polozola • Propst • Quackenbush • Ramsey • Rice • Shadur • Spiegel • Tashima • Thompson • Vela • White • Williams | ||
| 1981 | |||
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| 1989 |
Barksdale • Bonner • Buckwalter • Cyr • Fernandez • Garbis • Harmon • Lee • Lindberg • Lodge • Nelson • Nottingham • Plager • Rosen • Rymer • Smith • Spatt • Thomas • VanBebber • J. Walker • V. Walker • Wiener • Wright | ||
| 1990 |
Alito • Amon • Birch • Boudin • Cleland • Clevenger • Dubina • Hamilton • Henderson • Hood • Hornby • Jones • Kent • Levi • Loken • Lourie • Martin • McBryde • McClure • McKenna • McLaughlin • McNamee • Moreno • Mullen • Nelson • Nickerson • Niemeyer • Norton • Parker • Pickering • Rader • Rainey • Randolph • Shanstrom • Shedd • Shubb • Singleton • Skretny • Souter • Sparr • Stahl • Stamp • Suhrheinrich • Taylor • Vollmer • Ware • Wilson | ||
| 1991 |
Albritton • Andersen • Armstrong • Arnold • Bartle • Bassler • Batchelder • Beckwith • Belot • Benson • Blackburn • Bramlette • Brody • Brody • Burrell • Carnes • Caulfield • Cauthron • Clement • Collier • Conway • Cooper • Dalzell • DeMent • DeMoss • Doherty • Echols • Edmunds • Faber • Freeh • Gaitan • Garza • Graham • Haik • Hamilton • Hansen • Hendren • Herlong • Highsmith • Hogan • Huff • Hurley • Irenas • Johnson • Joyner • Kelly • Kleinfeld • Legg • Leonard • Lewis • Longstaff • Lungstrum • Luttig • Matia • McCalla • McDade • McKeague • McKelvie • Means • Merryday • Moore • Morgan • Nielsen • Nimmons • Osteen Sr. • Padova • Payne • Reinhard • Robinson • Robreno • Roll • Roth • Schlesinger • Scullin • Siler • Solis • Sotomayor • Sparks • Stohr • Thomas • Traxler • Trimble • Ungaro • Van Sickle • Wanger • Werlein • Whyte • Yohn | ||
| 1992 |
Baird • Barbadoro • Black • Boudin • Carnes • Covello • DiClerico • Gilbert • Gonzalez • Gorton • Hansen • Heyburn • Jackson • Jacobs • Keeley • Kendall • Kopf • Kyle • Lewis • McAuliffe • McLaughlin • Melloy • Preska • Quist • Randa • Rosenthal • Rovner • Schall • Sedwick • Simandle • Stahl • Vratil • Williams | ||
