Donald M. Middlebrooks

Donald Middlebrooks
Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida
Assumed office
May 27, 1997
Appointed byBill Clinton
Preceded byJames W. Kehoe
Personal details
BornDonald Marsh Middlebrooks
(1946-12-31) December 31, 1946 (age 79)
EducationUniversity of Florida (BS, JD)

Donald Marsh Middlebrooks (born December 31, 1946) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Education and career

Middlebrooks was born in Orlando, Florida. He received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree from the University of Florida in 1968. He received a Juris Doctor from the Fredric G. Levin College of Law at the University of Florida in 1972, and had served as student government president during his time in law school.

From 1973 to 1974, Middlebrooks was in private practice in Orlando, and was an assistant general counsel, governmental assistant, and general counsel for Governor Reubin Askew from 1974 to 1977. He returned to private practice for the next twenty years in West Palm Beach, Florida.

Federal judicial service

On January 7, 1997, President Bill Clinton nominated Middlebrooks to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. He was nominated to the seat vacated by Judge James W. Kehoe. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 23, 1997, and received his commission on May 27, 1997.

Notable cases

References

  1. ↑ "History | sg.ufl.edu". sg.ufl.edu. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  2. ↑ Donald M. Middlebrooks at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
  3. ↑ Mullin, Joe (October 31, 2016). "The man behind the nation's most litigious patent troll has spoken". Ars Technica.
  4. 1 2 Donald J. Trump v Hillary R Clinton, et al. (2022), US District Court for the Southern District of Florida (2:22-cv-14102-DMM Document 267), p.2. p.65
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  6. ↑ Savage, Charlie (November 11, 2022). "Judge Fines Trump Lawyers in Clinton Conspiracy Suit Tossed in September" – via NYTimes.com.
  7. ↑ Schmidt, Michael S.; Haberman, Maggie (2023-01-20). "Judge Orders Trump and Lawyer to Pay Nearly $1 Million for Bogus Suit". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-01-20.