Roy Kalman Altman (born 1982) is a
United States district judge
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of the
.
Biography
Altman received a
Bachelor of Arts
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in 2004 from
Columbia University
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, where he was quarterback on the football team and was a pitcher on the baseball team. He earned his
Juris Doctor
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and one of several Doctor of Law degrees. The J.D. is the standard degree obtained to practice law ...
in 2007 from
Yale Law School
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, where he was Projects Editor for the ''Yale Law Journal''. He began his legal career as a
law clerk
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to Judge
Stanley Marcus
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of the
United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (in case citations, 11th Cir.) is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the following U.S. district courts:
* Middle District of Alabama
* Northern District of Alabama
* ...
.
Altman served for six years as an
Assistant United States Attorney
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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
The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (in case citations, 11th Cir.) is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the following U.S. district courts:
* Middle District of Alabama
* Northern District of Alabama
* ...
. 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.
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Before becoming a judge, he was a partner at the
law firm
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of Podhurst Orseck in Miami, Florida, where he specialized in aviation law and commercial litigation.
Federal judicial service
Altman was mentioned as a potential judicial nominee in February 2018. On April 26, 2018, President
Donald Trump
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Trump graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pe ...
announced his intent to nominate Altman to serve as a United States District Judge of the
.
On May 7, 2018, his nomination was sent to the Senate. He was nominated to the seat vacated by Judge
Joan A. Lenard
Joan A. Lenard (born January 7, 1952) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
Early life and education
Lenard was born in 1952 in Amityville, New York. She received her As ...
, who assumed
senior status
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on July 1, 2017. On June 20, 2018, a hearing on his nomination was held before the
Senate Judiciary Committee
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. On July 19, 2018, his nomination was reported out of committee by a 17–4 vote.
On January 3, 2019, his nomination was returned to the President under
Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the
United States Senate
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The composition and pow ...
. On January 23, 2019, President Trump announced his intent to renominate Altman for a federal judgeship. His nomination was sent to the Senate later that day. On February 7, 2019, his nomination was reported out of committee by a 16–6 vote. On April 3, 2019, the Senate invoked cloture on his nomination by a 66–33 vote. On April 4, 2019, Altman was confirmed by a 66–33 vote. He received his judicial commission on April 9, 2019.
Memberships
He was a member of the
Federalist Society
The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies (abbreviated as FedSoc) is an American conservative and libertarian legal organization that advocates for a textualist and originalist interpretation of the U.S. Constitution. Headquartered ...
from 2004 to 2007 and rejoined the organization in 2015.
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See also
* List of Hispanic/Latino American jurists
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Other topics of interest
* List ...
* List of Jewish American jurists
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Supreme Court of the United States
Federal judges Appellate judges
* Robert E. Bacharach, Judge of the United States Court of ...
References
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1982 births
Living people
21st-century American lawyers
21st-century American judges
Assistant United States Attorneys
Columbia University alumni
Federalist Society members
Florida lawyers
Hispanic and Latino American judges
Judges of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida
People from Caracas
United States district court judges appointed by Donald Trump
Yale Law School alumni