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James I. Cohn
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Senior status since August 5, 2016.
Confirmed 96 to 0Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- George W. Bush
- Nominated
- May 1, 2003
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- July 9, 2003
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), July 17, 2003
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 96 to 0
- Confirmed
- July 31, 2003
- Commissioned
- August 1, 2003
- Senior status
- Since August 5, 2016
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1948, 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
- Alabama National Guard, 1970-1972
- U.S. Army Reserve, 1972-1975
- Florida Army National Guard, 1975-1976
- Assistant public defender, Broward County, Florida, 1975
- Assistant state attorney, Broward County, Florida, 1975-1978
- Private practice, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 1978-1995
- Judge, Circuit Court of Florida, Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, 1995-2003
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