Anuraag Hari "Raag" Singhal (born 1963) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. He previously served as a Florida state court judge from 2011 to 2019.

Biography

Singhal received a Bachelor of Arts from Rice University. He earned his

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from the

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. He began his career as an associate at Fleming, O'Bryan & Fleming in 1989, and spent a year there before becoming an Assistant State Attorney in Broward County. From 1993 to 2011, Singhal maintained a criminal defense and appellate practice in the Fort Lauderdale area. He was appointed to

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by Governor

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and served from 2011 to 2019.

State supreme court consideration

In January 2019, Singhal was considered for one of three vacancies on the

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Federal judicial service

In 2017, Singhal was one of ten finalists considered for a federal judgeship in South Florida. On August 14, 2019, President Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Singhal to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. On September 9, 2019, his nomination was sent to the Senate. He was nominated to the seat vacated by

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, who assumed senior status on August 5, 2016. On September 11, 2019, a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee. On October 24, 2019, his nomination was reported out of committee by a 17–5 vote. On December 18, 2019, the United States Senate invoked cloture on his nomination by a 76–18 vote. On December 19, 2019, his nomination was confirmed by a 76–17 vote. He received his judicial commission on December 20, 2019. Singhal is the first

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and

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to serve as an Article III federal judge on a court within the

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Memberships

Singhal became a member of the Federalist Society in 1988 and then rejoined in 2011.United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees: Anuraag Singhal
/ref> From 2016 to 2017, he was President of the Stephen R. Booher Chapter of the

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.United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees: Anuraag Singhal
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