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Roy B. Dalton Jr.
Roy Bale "Skip" Dalton Jr. (born July 9, 1952) is a Senior status, senior United States Federal Judge, United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida. Early life and education Dalton was born on July 9, 1952, in Jacksonville, Florida. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1974 from the University of Florida and a Juris Doctor in 1976 from the University of Florida Levin College of Law. Career From 1977 until 2011, Dalton worked as a civil litigator for a variety of different law firms. From 1977 until 1980, he was an Associate lawyer, associate for an Orlando, Florida, law firm, Dean, Ringers, Morgan and Lawton, PA, and from 1980 until 1982, he was a principal at that firm. From 1982 until 1984, Dalton was in solo private practice in Orlando, and he was part of a larger law firm in Orlando as a principal from 1984 until 1986. He was part of a different Orlando law firm from 1986 until 1989, and then from 1989 until 1998, he was part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senior Status
Senior status is a form of semi-retirement for United States federal judges. To qualify, a judge in the Federal judiciary of the United States, federal court system must be at least 65 years old, and the sum of the judge's age and years of service as a federal judge must be at least 80 years. As long as senior judges carry at least a 25 percent caseload or meet other criteria for activity, they remain entitled to maintain a staffed office and chambers, including a secretary and their normal complement of law clerks, and they continue to receive annual cost-of-living increases. Senior judges vacate their seats on the bench, and the President of the United States, president may appoint new full-time judges to fill those seats. Some U.S. states have similar systems for senior judges. State court (United States), State courts with a similar system include Iowa (for judges on the Iowa Court of Appeals), Pennsylvania, and Virginia (for justices of the Virginia Supreme Court). Statuto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |