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Edward L. Artau
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Active service.
Confirmed 50 to 43Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Donald J. Trump
- Nominated
- June 16, 2025
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- June 25, 2025
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), July 17, 2025
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 50 to 43
- Confirmed
- September 8, 2025
- Commissioned
- September 9, 2025
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1964, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it.
Source: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges · This judge’s entry. Our copy saved October 16, 2026, fingerprint 92b677f26553b479.
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Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- Private practice, Boca Raton, Florida, 1988-2004
- South Florida Water Management District, 2004-2014; senior litigation attorney, 2004-2013; general counsel, 2014
- Judge, Circuit Court of Florida, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, 2014-2020
- Judge, Florida District Court of Appeal, Fourth District, 2020-2025
- Adjunct professor, St. Thomas University College of Law, 2024-
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