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Robert Nichols Scola, Jr.
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Senior status since November 1, 2023.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama
- Nominated
- May 4, 2011
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- June 22, 2011
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), July 21, 2011
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- October 19, 2011
- Commissioned
- October 20, 2011
- Senior status
- Since November 1, 2023
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1955, 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
- Assistant state attorney, Dade County, Florida, 1980-1986
- Private practice, Miami, Florida, 1986-1995
- Adjunct professor, University of Miami School of Law, 1994-2011
- Judge, Circuit Court of Florida, Eleventh Judicial Circuit, 1995-2011
- Adjunct professor, Florida International University College of Law, 2007-2011
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