Edward Artau

Nonpartisan

United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Tenure

2025 - Present

Years in position

0

Predecessor:Robert N. Scola Jr. (Nonpartisan)

Prior offices:

Florida 15th Circuit Court

Year left office: 2020

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Florida 4th District Court of Appeal

Years in office: 2020 - 2025

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Compensation

Base salary

$218,939

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 8, 2022

Education

Bachelor's

Nova Southeastern University

Law

Georgetown University

Personal

Profession

General counsel, South Florida Water Management District

Contact

Official website

Personal website

Edward Artau is a judge on theUnited States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. He was nominated to the court by PresidentDonald Trump (R) on June 16, 2025, and confirmed by theUnited States Senate on September 8, 2025, by a vote of 50-43.^[1][2][3][4]To see a full list of judges appointed byDonald Trump,click here.

TheUnited States District Court for the Southern District of Florida is one of 94U.S. District Courts. They are the generaltrial courts of theUnited States federal courts. To learn more about the court,click here.

Prior to joining the court, Artau was a judge of theFlorida 4th District Court of Appeals. He was appointed to theFlorida 4th District Court of Appeals by Governor Ron DeSantis (R) to replaceCarole Taylor following her retirement.^[5]

Artau previously served on theFifteenth Circuit Court inFlorida from 2014 to 2020. He was appointed to the bench by GovernorRick Scott on December 23, 2014, to fill a vacancy created by the resignation of JudgeRonald V. Alvarez.^[6]

Judicial nominations and appointments

United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida (2025-present)

See also:Federal judges nominated by Donald Trump

On June 16, 2025, PresidentDonald Trump (R) announced his intent to nominate Artau to theUnited States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.^[3] He was confirmed by a 50-43 vote of the U.S. Senate on September 8, 2025.^[1] Artau received commission on September 9, 2025.^[4] To read more about the federal nominations process,click here.

Nomination Tracker
Nominee Information
Name: Edward Artau
Court:United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida
Progress
Confirmed 84 days after nomination.
ANominated: June 16, 2025
AABA Rating: Well qualified
Questionnaire:Questionnaire
AHearing: June 25, 2025
Hearing Transcript:Hearing Transcript
QFRs:(Hover over QFRs to read more)
AReported: July 17, 2025
AConfirmed: September 8, 2025
AVote: 50-43

Confirmation vote

The U.S. Senate confirmed Artau by a vote of 50-43 on September 8, 2025.^[1] To see a full breakdown of the vote on the official U.S. Senate website,click here.

Artau confirmation vote (September 8, 2025)
Party	Yea	Nay	No vote
Democratic	0	41	4
Republican	50	0	3
Independent	0	2	0
Total	50[7]	43	7

Senate Judiciary Committee hearing

Artau was reported to the full Senate on July 17, 2025, after a 12-0 committee vote.^[8]

Nomination

On May 28, 2025, PresidentDonald Trump (R) announced his intent to nominate Edward Artau to theUnited States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. The president officially nominated Artau on June 16, 2025.Click here for a list of other nominees who have been nominated by PresidentDonald Trump.

TheAmerican Bar Association (ABA) rated Artauwell qualified.^[9] To read more about ABA ratings,click here.

Artau was nominated to replace JudgeRobert N. Scola, Jr., who assumedsenior status on November 1, 2023.^[10]

Biography

Education

Artau received his undergraduate degree from Nova Southeastern University and hisJ.D. from Georgetown University.^[6]

Professional career

• 2025-Present: Judge,United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida
• 2024-Present: Adjunct professor, St. Thomas University College of Law
• 2020-2025: Judge,Florida Fourth District Court of Appeal
• 2014-2020: Judge,Fifteenth Circuit Court
• 2004-2014: General counsel, South Florida Water Management District
• 1996-2004: Partner,Marks & Artau, P.A.
• 1993-1996: Attorney,Proskauer Rose
• 1988-1993: Attorney,Hodgson Russ, LLP^[6]

About the court

Southern District of Florida
Eleventh Circuit
Judgeships
Posts: 19
Judges: 18
Vacancies: 1
Judges
Chief:Cecilia Altonaga
Active judges: Roy Altman,Cecilia Altonaga,Edward Artau,Jacqueline Becerra,Beth Bloom,Aileen Cannon,Melissa Damian,William Dimitrouleas,Darrin P. Gayles,David Leibowitz,Jose E. Martinez,Donald Middlebrooks,Kevin M. Moore,Robin L. Rosenberg,Rodolfo Ruiz,Anuraag Singhal,Rodney Smith,Kathleen M. Williams Senior judges: James Cohn,Jose Gonzalez,Donald Graham,Paul Huck,Daniel Hurley,James King,Joan Lenard,Kenneth Marra,Federico Moreno,Robert N. Scola Jr.,Patricia Seitz,William Zloch

TheUnited States District Court for the Southern District of Florida is one of 94United States district courts. The district operates out of courthouses inMiami,Fort Lauderdale,West Palm Beach, andFort Pierce. When decisions of the court are appealed, they are appealed to theUnited States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit based in downtownAtlanta at the Elbert P. Tuttle Federal Courthouse.

The Southern District of Florida hasoriginal jurisdiction over cases filed within its jurisdiction. These cases can include civil and criminal matters that fall under federal law.

The following counties are located in the Southern District of Florida:

To read opinions published by this court, clickhere.

The federal nomination process

Federal judges are nominated by the president of the United States and confirmed by the Senate. There are multiple steps to the process:

• The president nominates an individual for a judicial seat.
• The nominee fills out a questionnaire and is reviewed by theSenate Judiciary Committee.
• The Senate Judiciary Committee holds a hearing with the nominee, questioning them about things like their judicial philosophy, past rulings or opinions, etc.

• As part of this process, the committee sends ablue slip to senators from the home state in which the judicial nomination was received, allowing them to express their approval or disapproval of the nominee.

• After the hearing, the Senate Judiciary Committee will vote to approve or return the nominee.

• If approved, the nominee is voted on by the full Senate.
• If the Committee votes to return the nominee to the president, the president has the opportunity to re-nominate the individual.

• The Senate holds a vote on the candidate.

• If the Senate confirms the nomination, the nominee receives a commission to serve a lifelong position as a federal judge.
• If the Senate does not confirm the nomination, that nominee does not become a judge.

Elections

2022

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

See also:Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection

Edward Artau did not completeBallotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

See also

• United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida
• United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

External links

Suggest a link

• United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida
• Biography from theFederal Judicial Center

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the Southern District of Florida
Active judges	Chief Judge: Cecilia Altonaga  •  Jose E. Martinez (Florida)  •  Kevin M. Moore (Florida)  •  Donald Middlebrooks  •  William Dimitrouleas  •  Robin L. Rosenberg  •  Beth Bloom  •  Darrin P. Gayles  •  Kathleen M. Williams  •  Anuraag Singhal  •  Rodolfo Ruiz  •  Rodney Smith (Florida)  •  Edward Artau  •  Roy Altman  •  Aileen Cannon  •  Jacqueline Becerra  •  Melissa Damian  •  David Leibowitz (Florida)
Senior judges	Federico Moreno  •  James L. King  •  Jose Gonzalez (Florida)  •  Donald Graham  •  Daniel Hurley  •  Paul Huck  •  Patricia Seitz  •  William Zloch  •  Joan Lenard  •  Kenneth Marra  •  James Cohn  •  Robert N. Scola, Jr.  •
Magistrate judges	John O'Sullivan (Florida)  •  Edwin Torres  •  Chris McAliley  •  William C. Turnoff  •  Lurana S. Snow  •  Jonathan Goodman  •  Alicia Otazo-Reyes  •  William Matthewman  •  Alicia O. Valle  •  Patrick M. Hunt  •  Bruce Reinhart  •  Lauren Fleischer Louis  •  Jared Strauss  •  Shaniek Maynard  •  Lisette M. Reid  •
Former Article III judges	George C. Young  •  William Hoeveler  •  Kenneth Ryskamp  •  Alan Gold  •  Adalberto Jordan  •  Ursula Ungaro  •  James Paine (Florida)  •  Stanley Marcus  •  William Marvin  •  Thomas Jefferson Boynton (Florida)  •  Peter Fay  •  David Dyer  •  James William Locke  •  John McKinney (Florida)  •  John Moses Cheney  •  Rhydon Mays Call  •  Alexander Akerman  •  Lake Jones  •  Halsted Lockwood Ritter  •  Louie Willard Strum  •  John Warthen Holland  •  Joseph Lieb  •  William McRae  •  Curtis Waller  •  George Whitehurst  •  Sidney Aronovitz  •  Carl Atkins  •  Ted Cabot  •  Emett Choate  •  Edward Davis (Florida)  •  Dozier DeVane  •  Joseph Eaton  •  Wilkie Ferguson  •  Charles Fulton  •  James Kehoe  •  William Mehrtens  •  Lenore Nesbitt  •  Norman Roettger  •  Thomas Scott (Florida district court judge)  •  Eugene Spellman  •  Robin Rosenbaum  •  John Bryan Simpson  •  William Julius Barker  •  Alcee Hastings  •
Former Chief judges	Federico Moreno  •  James L. King  •  Kevin M. Moore (Florida)  •  William Zloch  •  David Dyer  •  Louie Willard Strum  •  John Warthen Holland  •  George Whitehurst  •  Carl Atkins  •  Edward Davis (Florida)  •  Joseph Eaton  •  Charles Fulton  •  Norman Roettger  •  John Bryan Simpson  •  William Julius Barker  •

v • e Federal judges nominated to Article III courts byDonald Trump
2017	Thomas Parker •Elizabeth Branch •Neil Gorsuch •Amul Thapar •David C. Nye •John K. Bush •Kevin Newsom •Timothy J. Kelly •Ralph Erickson •Scott Palk •Trevor McFadden •Joan Larsen •Amy Coney Barrett •Allison Eid •Stephanos Bibas •Donald Coggins Jr. •Dabney Friedrich •Greg Katsas •Steven Grasz •Don Willett •James Ho •William L. Campbell Jr. •David Stras •Tilman E. Self III •Karen Gren Scholer •Terry A. Doughty •Claria Horn Boom •John Broomes •Rebecca Grady Jennings •Kyle Duncan •Kurt Engelhardt •Michael B. Brennan •Joel Carson •Robert Wier •Fernando Rodriguez Jr. •Annemarie Carney Axon •
2018	Andrew Oldham •Amy St. Eve •Michael Scudder •John Nalbandian •Mark Bennett •Andrew Oldham •Britt Grant •Colm Connolly •Maryellen Noreika •Jill Otake •Jeffrey Beaverstock •Emily Coody Marks •Holly Lou Teeter •Julius Richardson •Charles B. Goodwin •Barry Ashe •Stan Baker •A. Marvin Quattlebaum Jr. •Terry F. Moorer •Susan Baxter •William Jung •Alan Albright •Dominic Lanza •Eric Tostrud •Charles Williams •Nancy E. Brasel •James Sweeney •Kari A. Dooley •Marilyn J. Horan •Robert Summerhays •Brett Kavanaugh •David Porter •Liles Burke •Michael Juneau •Peter Phipps •Lance Walker •Richard Sullivan •Eli Richardson •Ryan Nelson •Chad F. Kenney, Sr. •Susan Brnovich •William M. Ray, II •Jeremy Kernodle •Thomas Kleeh •J.P. Hanlon •Mark Norris •Jonathan Kobes •Michael Brown •David Counts
2019	Eric Miller •Chad Readler •Eric Murphy •Neomi Rao •Paul Matey •Allison Jones Rushing •Bridget S. Bade •Roy Altman •Patrick Wyrick •Holly Brady •David Morales •Andrew Brasher •J. Campbell Barker •Rodolfo Ruiz •Daniel Domenico •Michael Truncale •Michael Park •Joseph Bianco •Raúl Arias-Marxuach •Daniel Collins •Joshua Wolson •Wendy Vitter •Kenneth Kiyul Lee •Kenneth Bell •Stephen Clark •Howard Nielson •Rodney Smith •Jean-Paul Boulee •Sarah Daggett Morrison •Rossie Alston •Pamela A. Barker •Corey Maze •Greg Guidry •Matthew Kacsmaryk •Allen Winsor •Carl Nichols •James Cain, Jr. •Tom Barber •J. Nicholas Ranjan •Clifton L. Corker •Peter Phipps •Daniel Bress •Damon Leichty •Wendy W. Berger •Peter Welte •Michael Liburdi •William Shaw Stickman •Mark Pittman •Karin J. Immergut •Jason Pulliam •Brantley Starr •Brian Buescher •James Wesley Hendrix •Timothy Reif •Martha Pacold •Sean Jordan •Mary Rowland •John M. Younge •Jeff Brown •Ada Brown •Steven Grimberg •Stephanie A. Gallagher •Steven Seeger •Stephanie Haines •Mary McElroy •David J. Novak •Frank W. Volk •Charles Eskridge •Rachel Kovner •Justin Walker •T. Kent Wetherell •Danielle Hunsaker •Lee Rudofsky •Jennifer Philpott Wilson • William Nardini •Steven Menashi •Robert J. Luck •Eric Komitee •Douglas Cole •John Sinatra •Sarah Pitlyk •Barbara Lagoa •Richard Myers II •Sherri Lydon •Patrick Bumatay •R. Austin Huffaker • Miller Baker •Anuraag Singhal •Karen Marston •Jodi Dishman •Mary Kay Vyskocil •Matthew McFarland •John Gallagher •Bernard Jones •Kea Riggs •Robert J. Colville •Stephanie Dawkins Davis •Gary R. Brown •David Barlow • Lewis Liman
2020	Lawrence VanDyke •Daniel Traynor •John Kness •Joshua Kindred •Philip Halpern •Silvia Carreno-Coll •Scott Rash •John Heil •Anna Manasco •John L. Badalamenti •Drew Tipton •Andrew Brasher •Cory Wilson •Scott Hardy •David Joseph •Matthew Schelp •John Cronan •Justin Walker •Brett H. Ludwig •Christy Wiegand •Thomas Cullen •Diane Gujarati •Stanley Blumenfeld •Mark Scarsi •John Holcomb •Stephen P. McGlynn •Todd Robinson •Hala Jarbou •David Dugan •Iain D. Johnston •Franklin U. Valderrama •John Hinderaker •Roderick Young •Michael Newman •Aileen Cannon •James Knepp •Kathryn Kimball Mizelle • Benjamin Beaton • Kristi Johnson •Toby Crouse •Philip Calabrese •Taylor McNeel •Thomas Kirsch •Stephen Vaden •Katherine Crytzer •Fernando Aenlle-Rocha •Charles Atchley •Joseph Dawson
2025	Whitney Hermandorfer •Joshua Divine •Cristian M. Stevens •Zachary Bluestone •Emil Bove •Edward Artau •Kyle Dudek•Maria Lanahan•Jennifer Mascott•Anne-Leigh Gaylord Moe•Chad Meredith•Harold Mooty•Jordan Pratt•Edmund LaCour•Bill Lewis•Eric Tung•Rebecca Taibleson•Joshua D. Dunlap•Bill Mercer•Susan Rodriguez•Robert Chamberlin•Matthew Orso•David Bragdon•Jimmy Maxwell•Lindsey Freeman•William J. Crain
2026	Alexander Van Hook•Megan Benton•Aaron Peterson

v • e Florida District Courts of Appeal Judicial selection in Florida •2026 elections •Florida Supreme Court
First District	Joseph Lewis  •  L. Clayton Roberts  •  Ross L. Bilbrey  •  Lori S. Rowe  •  Stephanie Williams Ray  •  Timothy D. Osterhaus  •  Susan Kelsey  •  Thomas D. "Bo" Winokur  •  Robert E. Long Jr.  •  M. Kemmerly Thomas  •  Rachel Nordby  •  Adam Tanenbaum  •
Second District	Stevan Northcutt  •  Nelly Khouzam  •  Patricia Kelly  •  Darryl Casanueva  •  Craig Villanti  •  Morris Silberman  •  Edward LaRose  •  Daniel H. Sleet  •  Anthony K. Black  •  Robert J. Morris Jr. (Florida Court of Appeals judge)  •  Matthew C. Lucas  •  Andrea Teves Smith  •  Susan Rothstein-Youakim  •  J. Andrew Atkinson  •  Suzanne Labrit  •
Third District	Linda Ann Wells  •  Vance Salter  •  Kevin M. Emas  •  Ivan F. Fernandez  •  Bronwyn C. Miller  •  Monica Gordo  •  Fleur J. Lobree  •  Thomas W. Logue  •  Edwin A. Scales, III  •
Fourth District	Robert Gross  •  Cory Ciklin  •  Martha Warner  •  Melanie May  •  Dorian Damoorgian  •  Burton C. Conner  •  Jonathan D. Gerber  •  Spencer D. Levine  •  Mark W. Klingensmith  •  Alan O. Forst  •  Edward Artau  •  Jeffrey T. Kuntz  •
Fifth District	Eric Eisnaugle  •  Brian D. Lambert  •  Frederic Rand Wallis  •  John M. Harris  •  Norma S. Lindsey  •  Adrian Soud  •  Harvey Jay III  •  Scott D. Makar  •  James A. Edwards (Florida)  •  Paige Kilbane  •  Joe Boatwright  •  Jordan Pratt  •  John MacIver  •
Sixth District	Jay Cohen  •  John K. Stargel  •  Keith F. White  •  Daniel Traver  •  Jared Smith  •  Paetra Brownlee  •  Mary Alice Nardella  •  Joshua Mize  •  Carrie Ann Wozniak  •

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