Ursula Ungaro
| Ursula Ungaro | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida | |
| Title: | Judge |
| Position: | Seat #16 |
| Station: | Miami, FL |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | George H.W. Bush |
| Active: | 10/9/1992 - Present |
| Preceded by: | 104 Stat. 5089 |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1951 |
| Home State: | Miami Beach, FL |
| Bachelors: | U. of Miami-Florida, B.A., 1973 |
| Law School: | U. of Florida Law, J.D., 1975 |
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Early life and education
Born in Miami Beach, Florida, Ungaro graduated from University of Miami-Florida with her Bachelor's degree in 1973 and later received a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Florida College of Law in 1975.[1]
Professional career
Ungaro was a private practice attorney in Florida from 1976 to 1987 before being appointed to serve as Circuit Court Judge in the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court of Florida from 1987 to 1992. [1]
Judicial career
Southern District of Florida
On the recommendation of U.S. Senator Connie Mack III, Ungaro was nominated to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida by Preisdent George Bush on November 26, 1991 to a new seat created by 104 Stat. 5089, which was approved by Congress. Ungaro was confirmed by the unanimous consent of the U.S. Senate on October 8, 1992 and received commission on October 9, 1992. [2]
Notable cases
Drug testing for state employees unconstitutional
| United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida *AFSCME v. Rick Scott 11-21976 |
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| In April 2012, Judge Ungaro found that Governor Rick Scott's policy mandating the random drug testing of state employees was unconstitutional. The judge ruled that the policy violated constitutional protections against unreasonable search and seizure. In addition, Judge Ungaro found that the testing was unnecessary, since there is not a widespread problem amongst the 80,000 state employees randomly subjected to tests. [3] |
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| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: NA-New Seat |
Southern District of Florida 1992–Current Seat #16 |
Succeeded by: NA |
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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 | ||
