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Richard A. Lazzara
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida. Senior status since December 17, 2011.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton
- Nominated
- January 7, 1997
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- September 5, 1997
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), September 18, 1997
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- September 26, 1997
- Commissioned
- September 29, 1997
- Senior status
- Since December 17, 2011
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1945, 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, Hillsborough County [Florida] Solicitor's Office, 1970
- Assistant county solicitor, Hillsborough County, Florida, 1970-1972
- Assistant state attorney, Hillsborough County, Florida, 1973
- Private practice, Tampa, Florida, 1974-1986
- Judge, Hillsborough County [Florida] Court, 1987
- Judge, Circuit Court of Florida, Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, 1988-1993
- Judge, Florida District Court of Appeal, Second District, 1993-1997
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