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Robert Lewis Hinkle
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida. Senior status since November 7, 2016.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton
- Nominated
- June 6, 1996
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- June 25, 1996
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), June 26, 1996
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- July 25, 1996
- Commissioned
- August 1, 1996
- Senior status
- Since November 7, 2016
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1951, 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
- Law clerk, Hon. Irving Goldberg, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1976-1977
- Private practice, Atlanta, Georgia, 1977-1978
- Private practice, Tallahassee, Florida, 1978-1996
- Adjunct professor of law, Florida State University, 1981
- Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 2006-2007
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