Embry Kidd
Embry Jerode Kidd (born 1983) is an American lawyer who serves as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. He previously served as a United States magistrate judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.
Embry Kidd | |
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| Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | |
| Assumed office January 2, 2025 | |
| Appointed by | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Charles Wilson |
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| Born | Embry Jerode Kidd 1983 (age 42–43) Birmingham, Alabama, U.S. |
| Education | Emory University (BA) Yale University (JD) |
Embry Jerode Kidd (born 1983)[1] is an American lawyer who serves as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. He previously served as a United States magistrate judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.
Education
[edit]Kidd was born in 1983 in Birmingham, Alabama. He attended Emory University on a full-tuition scholarship, graduating in 2005 with a Bachelor of Arts with high honors. He then attended the Yale Law School, where he was an editor of The Yale Law Journal and the Yale Journal of Law and Policy, as well as editor-in-chief of the Yale Journal of Law and the Humanities. He graduated in 2008 with a Juris Doctor.[1][2]
Career
[edit]After law school, Kidd was a law clerk to Judge Roger Gregory of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit from 2008 to 2009. From 2009 to 2014, he was an associate at Williams & Connolly in Washington, D.C. From 2014 to 2019, he served as an assistant United States attorney in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Florida.[2] From 2022 through 2024, he taught as an adjunct professor at the Florida A&M University College of Law.[1]
Federal judicial service
[edit]Kidd assumed office as a United States magistrate judge on July 25, 2019.[3]
Court of appeals service
[edit]On May 8, 2024, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Kidd to serve as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.[4] On May 24, 2024, his nomination was sent to the Senate.[5] President Biden nominated Kidd to the seat vacated by Judge Charles R. Wilson, who subsequently assumed senior status on December 31, 2024.[6] On June 5, 2024, a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[7] During his confirmation hearing, he was questioned by Republican Senators about his record and his views about a controversial law review article written by a law school classmate.[8][9] On June 20, 2024, it was discovered that Kidd had withheld two overturned rulings from the U.S. Senate which involved child sex crimes. Republicans accused Kidd of being deceptive and extreme in his views.[10] On July 11, 2024, his nomination was reported out of committee by a party line 11–10 vote.[11] On November 14, 2024, the United States Senate invoked cloture on his nomination by a 49–44 vote, with Senator Joe Manchin voting against the motion.[12] On November 18, 2024, his nomination was confirmed by a 49–45 vote, with Senator Manchin voting against his confirmation.[13] He received his judicial commission on January 2, 2025.[14]
See also
[edit]- List of African American jurists
- List of African American federal judges
- Joe Biden judicial appointment controversies
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved June 4, 2024.
- ^ a b "President Biden Names Forty-Ninth Round of Judicial Nominees" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. May 8, 2024. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
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- ^ "Appointment of Embry Kidd" (PDF). flmd.uscourts.gov (Press release). July 24, 2019. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
- ^ Headley, Tiana (May 8, 2024). "Biden to Tap US Magistrate Judge for Eleventh Circuit Seat". news.bloomberglaw.com. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
- ^ "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. May 14, 2024.
- ^ Raymond, Nate (January 23, 2024). "11th Circuit's Wilson to take senior status, creating vacancy". Reuters. Retrieved January 26, 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ "Nominations". Washington, D.C.: United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. June 4, 2024.
- ^ Weiss, Benjamin S. "Eleventh Circuit nominee Kidd gets partisan grilling in Senate Judiciary". Courthouse News. Retrieved June 5, 2024.
- ^ Headley, Tiana. "Biden Appellate Pick Gets Little GOP Pushback at Senate Hearing". Bloomberg Law. Retrieved June 5, 2024.
- ^ Kaminsky, Gabe (June 20, 2024). "Biden judicial nominee failed to disclose since-reversed child sex case rulings - Washington Examiner".
- ^ "Senate Judiciary Committee Advances Eight Judicial Nominations To The Full Senate" (Press release). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. July 11, 2024. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
- ^ "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Embry J. Kidd to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit)". United States Senate. November 14, 2024. Retrieved November 14, 2024.
- ^ "On the Nomination (Confirmation: Embry J. Kidd, of Florida, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit)". United States Senate. November 18, 2024. Retrieved November 18, 2024.
- ^ Embry Kidd at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
External links
[edit]- Embry Kidd at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- Embry Kidd at Ballotpedia