Draft:Embry Kidd
Embry Kidd | |
|---|---|
| Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida | |
| Assumed office July 25, 2019 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Embry Jerode Kidd 1983 (age 40–41) Birmingham, Alabama, U.S. |
| Education | Emory University (BA) Yale University (JD) |
Embry J. Kidd (born 1983)[1] is an American lawyer who has served as a United States magistrate judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida since 2019. He is a nominee to serve as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
Education[edit]
Kidd earned a Bachelor of Arts from Emory University in 2005 and a Juris Doctor from Yale Law School in 2008.[2]
Career[edit]
From 2008 to 2009, he served as a law clerk for Judge Roger Gregory of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. From 2009 to 2014, he worked as an associate at Williams & Connolly in Washington, D.C. From 2014 to 2019, he served as an assistant United States attorney in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Florida.[2] Since 2022, he has been an adjunct professor at the Florida A&M University College of Law.[1]
Federal judicial service[edit]
Kidd assumed office as a United States magistrate judge on July 25, 2019.[3]
Nomination to court of appeals[edit]
On May 8, 2024, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Kidd to serve as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.[4] On May 24, 2024, his nomination was sent to the Senate.[5] President Biden nominated Kidd to the seat being vacated by Judge Charles R. Wilson, who will assume senior status on December 31, 2024.[6] On June 5, 2024, a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[7][8][9] His nomination is pending before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved June 4, 2024.
- ^ a b "President Biden Names Forty-Ninth Round of Judicial Nominees" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. May 8, 2024. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
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- ^ "Appointment of Embry Kidd" (PDF). flmd.uscourts.gov (Press release). July 24, 2019. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
- ^ Headley, Tiana (May 8, 2024). "Biden to Tap US Magistrate Judge for Eleventh Circuit Seat". news.bloomberglaw.com. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
- ^ "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. May 14, 2024.
- ^ Raymond, Nate (January 23, 2024). "11th Circuit's Wilson to take senior status, creating vacancy". Reuters. Archived from the original on January 24, 2024. Retrieved January 26, 2024.
- ^ "Nominations". Washington, D.C.: United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. June 4, 2024.
- ^ Weiss, Benjamin S. "Eleventh Circuit nominee Kidd gets partisan grilling in Senate Judiciary". Courthouse News. Retrieved June 5, 2024.
- ^ Headley, Tiana. "Biden Appellate Pick Gets Little GOP Pushback at Senate Hearing". Bloomberg Law. Retrieved June 5, 2024.
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