Lynn Higby

Nonpartisan

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida

Years in office: 1979 - 1983

Education

Bachelor's

Emory University, 1960

Law

Emory University School of Law, 1962

Personal

Birthplace

Orlando, FL

Lynn Carlton Higby (1931-present) was afederal judge on theUnited States District Court for the Northern District of Florida.

Higby was nominated by PresidentJimmy Carter on June 14, 1979, to a new seat created by 92 Stat. 1629; he was confirmed by the Senate on October 4, 1979, and received commissionthe next day. He resigned onJanuary 3, 1983. Higby was succeeded in this position byClyde Roger Vinson.

Early life and education

• Emory University, B.A., 1960
• Emory University School of Law, LL.B., 1962

Professional career

• Private practice, Atlanta, Georgia, 1962
• U.S. Navy Reserve, 1962-1965
• Private practice, Panama City, Florida, 1965-1979

Judicial career

Northern District of Florida

Higby was nominated by PresidentJimmy Carter on June 14, 1979, to a new seat created by 92 Stat. 1629; he was confirmed by the Senate on October 4, 1979, and received commissionthe next day.^[1] He resigned onJanuary 3, 1983. Higby was succeeded in this position byClyde Roger Vinson.

External links

• Biography from theFederal Judicial Center.

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the Northern District of Florida
Active judges	Chief Judge: Mark E. Walker (Federal judge)  •  Margaret Rodgers  •  T. Kent Wetherell  •  Allen Winsor
Senior judges	Robert Hinkle  •  Clyde Roger Vinson  •  Lacey Collier  •
Magistrate judges	Charles Kahn  •  Elizabeth Timothy  •  Martin Fitzpatrick  •  Hope Cannon  •  Michael Frank  •
Former Article III judges	George C. Young  •  William Stafford  •  Stephan Mickle  •  John Smoak  •  Isaac Hopkins Bronson  •  McQueen McIntosh  •  Philip Fraser  •  Thomas Settle  •  Charles Swayne  •  William Bostwick Sheppard  •  Augustus Long  •  Winston Arnow  •  George Carswell  •  Curtis Waller  •  George Whitehurst  •  Lynn Higby  •  David Middlebrooks  •  Dozier DeVane  •  Gary Jones (Florida)  •  Larry Bodiford  •
Former Chief judges	Robert Hinkle  •  Maurice Paul  •  Clyde Roger Vinson  •  William Stafford  •  Stephan Mickle  •  Winston Arnow  •  George Carswell  •

v • e Federal judges nominated byJimmy Carter
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	Heen