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Marcia Morales Howard

Born 1/1/1965

Judicial Career

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Biography

American judge (born 1965)

Marcia Morales Howard (born 1965) is the chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida .

Education and career

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Howard was born in Jacksonville, Florida . She received a Bachelor of Science degree in economics from Vanderbilt University in 1987 and her Juris Doctor with honors from the Fredric G. Levin College of Law at the University of Florida in 1990. At UF Law she was elected to the Order of the Coif and served as the Symposium Editor for the _Florida Law Review _. Howard was in private practice in Jacksonville from 1990 to 2003 as a civil litigator concentrating in labor and employment law , and was a member of the National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel. From 2003 to 2007, she served as a United States magistrate judge in the Middle District of Florida.

Federal judicial service

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On January 9, 2007 she was nominated by President George W. Bush to serve as a judge on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida . Her nomination was confirmed by the United States Senate on February 15, 2007. She received her commission on February 20, 2007. She became the chief judge on November 3, 2024.

See also

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References

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    Confirmation hearings on federal appointments : hearings before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Ninth Congress, first session. 4.J 89/2:S.HRG.109-397/ PT.6 (2006) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

  2. Marcia Morales Howard at the _Biographical Directory of Federal Judges _, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center .

  3. "The Middle District Welcomes New Chief Judge" . flmd.uscourts.gov (Press release). November 4, 2024. Retrieved November 5, 2024.

External links

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