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Patricia A. Seitz
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Senior status since November 16, 2012.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton
- Nominated
- May 22, 1998
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- July 16, 1998
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), July 30, 1998
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- September 28, 1998
- Commissioned
- October 1, 1998
- Senior status
- Since November 16, 2012
- American Bar Association rating
- Qualified
Born 1946, 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. Charles Richey, U.S. District Court, District of Columbia, 1973-1974
- Private practice, Florida, 1974-1996
- Adjunct professor (part-time), University of Miami, 1984-1988
- President, Florida Bar, 1993-1994
- Director, Office of Legal Counsel, Office of National Drug Control Policy, Executive Office of the President, 1996-1997
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