Susan Black
| Susan Black | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | |
| Title: | Senior Judge |
| Position: | Seat #7 |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | George H.W. Bush |
| Active: | 8/12/1992 - 2/25/2011 |
| Senior: | 2/25/2011 - Present |
| Preceded by: | Thomas Clark |
| Succeeded by: | Henry Adams |
| Past post: | Middle District of Florida |
| Past chief: | 1990-1992 |
| Past term: | 1979-1992 |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1943 |
| Home State: | Valdosta, GA |
| Bachelors: | Florida State U. '64 |
| Law School: | U. of Florida Law '67 |
| Grad. School: | U. of Virginia Law '84 |
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Susan Harrell Black is a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. She joined the court in 1992 after being nominated by President George H.W. Bush. In February 2011, Black informed President Obama that she will take on senior status when a successor can be chosen. [1]
Early life and education
Born in Valdosta, Georgia, Black obtained her Bachelor's degree from Florida State University in 1964, her Juris Doctor degree from the University of Florida College of Law in 1967, and an L.L.M. from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1984.[2]
Professional career
After obtaining her law degree, Black was an high school teacher in Jacksonville, Florida from 1967 to 1968 before serving as an Attorney in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in Jacksonville, Florida until 1969. Black was an Assistant State Attorney in Jacksonville, Florida from 1969 to 1972 and Assistant General Counsel for the City of Jacksonville, Florida until 1973. Black served as a Judge in the Duval County Court in Duval County, Florida until 1975 before serving as a Judge on the Circuit Court of Florida for the Fourth Judicial Circuit until 1979. [2]
Judicial career
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, which was approved by Congress. Black was confirmed by the Senate on July 23, 1979, and received commission on July 24, 1979. Black served as Chief Judge from 1990 to 1992. [2] Black was succeeded in this position by Henry Adams.
Eleventh Circuit
Black was nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit by President George H.W. Bush on March 10, 1992, to a seat vacated by Thomas Clark. Black was confirmed by the Senate on August 11, 1992, and received commission on August 12, 1992. [2][3]
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| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: NA-New Seat |
Middle District of Florida 1979–1992 Seat #7 |
Succeeded by: Henry Adams |
| Preceded by: Thomas Clark |
Eleventh Circuit 1992–2011 |
Succeeded by: Henry Adams |
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Joel Dubina • Adalberto Jordan • Stanley Marcus • Beverly Martin • Gerald Tjoflat • Frank Hull • Charles Wilson • Rosemary Barkett • William Pryor • Edward Carnes | ||
| Senior judges |
Peter Fay • Robert Lanier Anderson • Phyllis Kravitch • James L. Edmondson • Emmett Cox • Susan Black • James Hill • | ||
| Former judges | John Godbold • Joseph Hatchett • Albert Henderson • Paul Roney • David Dyer • Elbert Tuttle • Thomas Clark • Richard Rives • Robert Vance • Lewis Morgan • Stanley Birch • Warren Leroy Jones • John Bryan Simpson • Frank M. Johnson, Jr. • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
John Godbold • Robert Lanier Anderson • Gerald Tjoflat • Joseph Hatchett • James L. Edmondson • Paul Roney • | ||
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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 | ||
- Middle District of Florida, Seat 7
- Judge on senior status, Eleventh Circuit
- Former Florida county court judges
- Former Florida circuit court judges
- Appointed by Jimmy Carter
- Confirmed 1979
- Appointed by George H.W. Bush
- Confirmed 1992
- Former federal judge, Middle District of Florida
- Former chief judge, Middle District of Florida
- Senior federal judge
- Florida State U. Alumni
- Florida State U. Law Alumni
- Former federal judge
