William Frederic Jung

(Redirected from William Frederic Jung )

American judge (born 1958)

William Frederic Jung (born 1958) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida .

Early life, education, and career

[(https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_F._Jung&action=edit&section=1 "Edit section: Early life, education, and career")
]

Jung was born in 1958 in Fort Belvoir , Virginia . He received a Bachelor of Arts , magna cum laude , in 1980 from Vanderbilt University , where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and was a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity (Kappa chapter). He received a Juris Doctor , summa cum laude in 1983 from the University of Illinois College of Law , where he was editor in chief of the Illinois Law Review, Order of the Coif , and class valedictorian . He began his legal career as a law clerk to Judge Gerald Bard Tjoflat of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit , from 1983 to 1984. From 1984 to 1985, he served as a law clerk to Associate Justice William Rehnquist of the Supreme Court of the United States .

In 1983, he became a member of the Florida Bar with the highest score in the First Appellate District. From 1985 to 1987, he was an associate in the Tampa , Florida , office of Carlton Fields . Jung served as an Assistant United States Attorney for six years, first in the Southern District of Florida , from 1987 to 1990, and subsequently in the Middle District of Florida , from 1990 to 1993. Before becoming a judge, he was a partner at the law firm of Jung & Sisco, P.A. (formerly Black & Jung, P.A.) in Tampa, Florida, which he co-founded in 1993. He specialized in white-collar criminal defense and complex civil litigation . In 2017 Florida Trend Magazine inducted Jung into its "Florida Legal Elite Hall of Fame."

Jung has published approximately thirty articles in legal publications .

Federal judicial service

[(https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_F._Jung&action=edit&section=2 "Edit section: Federal judicial service")
]

Expired district court nomination under Bush

[(https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_F._Jung&action=edit&section=3 "Edit section: Expired district court nomination under Bush")
]

On July 10, 2008, President George W. Bush nominated Jung to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida , to the seat vacated by Susan C. Bucklew , who assumed senior status on August 1, 2008. No action was taken on his nomination and it expired on January 2, 2009, with the end of the 110th Congress .

Expired district court nomination under Obama

[(https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_F._Jung&action=edit&section=4 "Edit section: Expired district court nomination under Obama")
]

On April 28, 2016, President Barack Obama nominated Jung to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, to the seat vacated by Judge Anne C. Conway , who assumed senior status on August 1, 2015. His nomination expired on January 3, 2017, with the end of the 114th Congress .

Renomination to district court under Trump

[(https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_F._Jung&action=edit&section=5 "Edit section: Renomination to district court under Trump")
]

On December 20, 2017, President Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Jung to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida. On December 21, 2017, his nomination was sent to the United States Senate . He was renominated to the same seat. On February 14, 2018, a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee

On March 15, 2018, his nomination was reported out of committee by a voice vote . On September 6, 2018, his nomination was confirmed by a voice vote . He received his judicial commission on September 10, 2018.

Memberships

[(https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_F._Jung&action=edit&section=6 "Edit section: Memberships")
]

Jung is a member of the American College of Trial Lawyers , is a Life Fellow of the American Bar Foundation , and is board certified by the Florida Bar as an expert/specialist in criminal trial.

Judicial Career

Biography