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Patricia Seitz

Nonpartisan

United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Tenure

2012 - Present

Years in position

13

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Years in office: 1998 - 2012

Education

Bachelor's

Kansas State University, 1968

Law

Georgetown University Law Center, 1973

Personal

Birthplace

District of Columbia

Contact

Official website

Patricia A. Seitz is anArticle III federal judge serving on senior status for theUnited States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. She joined the court in 1998 after being nominated by PresidentBill Clinton. Prior to her appointment, Seitz was the Director of Legal Counsel at the Office of National Drug Control Policy. She assumed senior status on November 16, 2012.^[1]

Early life and education

Born inWashington, D.C., Seitz graduated from Kansas State University in Kansas with her bachelor's degree in 1968. Seitz obtained her Juris Doctor,J.D. degree from the Georgetown University Law Center in 1973.^[1]

Professional career

Seitz was a law clerk for formerfederal judgeCharles Richey in theUnited States District Court for the District of Columbia from 1973 to 1974. From 1974 to 1996, Seitz was a private practice attorney in the State ofFlorida. Seitz also served as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Miami from 1984 to 1988 and as the President of theFlorida Bar Association from 1993 to 1994. In 1996, Seitz was nominated by PresidentBill Clinton to theOffice of National Drug Control Policy where she served as Director of Legal Counsel until her appointment to the federal bench in 1998.^[1]

Judicial career

Southern District of Florida

On the recommendation of U.S. Senator Bob Graham, Seitz was nominated to theUnited States District Court for the Southern District of Florida by PresidentBill Clinton on May 22, 1998, to a seat vacated byStanley Marcus as Marcus was appointed to theEleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. Seitz was confirmed by the U.S.Senate on September 28, 1998, on a voice vote and received commission onOctober 1, 1998.^[2] She assumed senior status on November 16, 2012.

See also

• United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida
• United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit

External links

Suggest a link

• Judge Seitz 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  •

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1999	Alsup •Barry •Brown •Buchwald •Cooper •Eaton •Ellison •Feess •Fisher •Gould •Guzman •Haynes •Hibbler •Hochberg •Hurd •Huvelle •Jordan •Katzmann •Kennelly •Linn •Lorenz •Lynn •Marrero •Murguia •Pannell •Pechman •Pepper •Phillips •Schreier •Stewart •Underhill •Ward •Williams •Wilson
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