Roy Altman
Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida
Assumed office
April 9, 2019
Appointed byDonald Trump
Preceded byJoan A. Lenard
Personal details
Born
Roy Kalman Altman

1982 (age 41–42)
Caracas, Venezuela
EducationColumbia University (BA)
Yale University (JD)

Roy Kalman Altman (born 1982) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Biography

Altman received a Bachelor of Arts in 2004 from Columbia University,[1][2] where he was quarterback on the football team and was a pitcher on the baseball team. He earned his Juris Doctor in 2007 from Yale Law School, where he was Projects Editor for the Yale Law Journal. He began his legal career as a law clerk to Judge Stanley Marcus of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.[3][4]

Altman served for six years as an assistant United States attorney for the Southern District of Florida, where he prosecuted hundreds of criminal cases and tried more than 20 cases to jury verdict, arguing several of them before the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. He won the Director of the Executive Office of U.S. Attorneys Award for Superior Litigation Team in United States v. Mentor, the Director of the Executive Office of U.S. Attorneys Award for Superior Litigation Performance in United States v. Flanders, the Federal Bar Association Young Federal Lawyer Award, and the Federal Prosecutor of the Year award from the Miami-Dade County Association of Chiefs of Police and the Law Enforcement Officers Charitable Foundation.[5]

Before becoming a judge, he was a partner at the law firm of Podhurst Orseck in Miami, Florida, where he specialized in aviation law and commercial litigation.[5]

Federal judicial service

Altman was mentioned as a potential judicial nominee in February 2018.[6] On April 26, 2018, President Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Altman to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.[5] On May 7, 2018, his nomination was sent to the Senate. He was nominated to the seat vacated by Judge Joan A. Lenard, who assumed senior status on July 1, 2017.[7] On June 20, 2018, a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[8] On July 19, 2018, his nomination was reported out of committee by a 17–4 vote.[9]

On January 3, 2019, his nomination was returned to the President under Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the United States Senate. On January 23, 2019, President Trump announced his intent to renominate Altman for a federal judgeship.[10] His nomination was sent to the Senate later that day.[11] On February 7, 2019, his nomination was reported out of committee by a 16–6 vote.[12] On April 3, 2019, the Senate invoked cloture on his nomination by a 66–33 vote.[13] On April 4, 2019, Altman was confirmed by a 66–33 vote.[14] He received his judicial commission on April 9, 2019.[15]

Memberships

He was a member of the Federalist Society from 2004 to 2007 and rejoined the organization in 2015.[16]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "AitN: April 8, 2019". Columbia College Today. 8 April 2019. Retrieved December 21, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Newsmakers". Columbia College Today. 2019-07-08. Retrieved 2022-06-14.
  3. ↑ "Roy Kalman Altman bio". Podhurst Orseck. Retrieved February 13, 2018.
  4. ↑ McMahon, Paula (February 13, 2018). "Trump names his top three picks for federal judge in South Florida". Sun-Sentinel. Retrieved April 13, 2018.
  5. 1 2 3 "President Donald J. Trump Announces Thirteenth Wave of Judicial Nominees and Seventh Wave of United States Marshal Nominees". whitehouse.gov. April 26, 2018. Retrieved April 26, 2018 – via National Archives. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  6. ↑ Caputo, Marc (February 13, 2018). "Trump taps 3 new judges in federal district overseeing Mar-a-Lago". Politico. Retrieved February 15, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Fifteen Nominations Sent to the Senate Today" White House, May 7, 2018
  8. ↑ United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Nominations for June 20, 2018
  9. ↑ Results of Executive Business Meeting – July 19, 2018, Senate Judiciary Committee
  10. ↑ "President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Judicial Nominees", White House, January 23, 2019
  11. ↑ "Nominations Sent to the Senate", White House, January 23, 2019
  12. ↑ Results of Executive Business Meeting – February 7, 2019, Senate Judiciary Committee
  13. ↑ "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on Roy Kalman Altman, of Florida, to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Florida)". United States Senate. April 3, 2019. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  14. ↑ "On the Nomination (Confirmation Roy Kalman Altman, of Florida, to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Florida)". United States Senate. April 4, 2019. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  15. ↑ Roy Altman at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
  16. ↑ United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees: Roy Kalman Altman
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