Roy Altman | |
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| Judge of theUnited States District Court for the Southern District of Florida | |
| Assumed office April 9, 2019 | |
| Appointed by | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Joan A. Lenard |
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| Born | Roy Kalman Altman 1982 (age 42–43) |
| Education | Columbia University (BA) Yale University (JD) |
Roy Kalman Altman (born 1982) is aUnited States district judge of theUnited States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
Altman received aBachelor of Arts in 2004 fromColumbia University,[1][2] where he wasquarterback on the football team and was a pitcher on the baseball team. He earned hisJuris Doctor in 2007 fromYale Law School, where he was Projects Editor for theYale Law Journal. He began his legal career as alaw clerk to JudgeStanley Marcus of theUnited States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.[3][4]
Altman served for six years as anassistant United States attorney for theSouthern District of Florida, where he prosecuted hundreds of criminal cases and tried more than 20 cases to jury verdict, arguing several of them before theUnited States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. He won the Director of the Executive Office of U.S. Attorneys Award for Superior Litigation Team inUnited States v. Mentor, the Director of the Executive Office of U.S. Attorneys Award for Superior Litigation Performance inUnited States v. Flanders, the Federal Bar Association Young Federal Lawyer Award, and the Federal Prosecutor of the Year award from the Miami-Dade County Association of Chiefs of Police and the Law Enforcement Officers Charitable Foundation.[5]
Before becoming a judge, he was apartner at thelaw firm of Podhurst Orseck in Miami, Florida, where he specialized inaviation law andcommercial litigation.[5]
Altman was mentioned as a potential judicial nominee in February 2018.[6] On April 26, 2018, PresidentDonald Trump announced his intent to nominate Altman to serve as a United States District Judge of theUnited States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.[5] On May 7, 2018, his nomination was sent to the Senate. He was nominated to the seat vacated by JudgeJoan A. Lenard, who assumedsenior status on July 1, 2017.[7] On June 20, 2018, a hearing on his nomination was held before theSenate Judiciary Committee.[8] On July 19, 2018, his nomination was reported out of committee by a 17–4 vote.[9]
On January 3, 2019, his nomination was returned to the President underRule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of theUnited States Senate. On January 23, 2019, President Trump announced his intent to renominate Altman for a federal judgeship.[10] His nomination was sent to the Senate later that day.[11] On February 7, 2019, his nomination was reported out of committee by a 16–6 vote.[12] On April 3, 2019, the Senate invoked cloture on his nomination by a 66–33 vote.[13] On April 4, 2019, Altman was confirmed by a 66–33 vote.[14] He received his judicial commission on April 9, 2019.[15]
He was a member of theFederalist Society from 2004 to 2007 and rejoined the organization in 2015.[16] Since rejoining, Altman frequently speaks at events hosted by the Federalist Society to various audiences including law school students.[17]
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| Preceded by | Judge of theUnited States District Court for the Southern District of Florida 2019–present | Incumbent |