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Rodney Smith
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Active service.
Confirmed 78 to 18Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Donald J. Trump
- Nominated
- January 23, 2019
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- Not published yet
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), February 7, 2019
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 78 to 18
- Confirmed
- June 12, 2019
- Commissioned
- June 14, 2019
- American Bar Association rating
- Qualified
Born 1974, 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, Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Miami-Dade County, Florida, 1999-2003
- Trial attorney, United Automobile Insurance Company, Miami Gardens, Florida, 2003
- Private practice, Coral Gables, Florida, 2003-2004
- Private practice, Miami, Florida, 2004-2007
- Senior assistant city attorney, Miami Beach, Florida, 2007-2008
- Judge, Miami-Dade County [Florida] Court, Eleventh Judicial Circuit, 2008-2012
- Judge, Circuit Court of Florida, Eleventh Judicial Circuit, 2012-2019; Criminal Division, 2012-2015; Civil Division, 2015-2019
- Adjunct faculty, Division of Continuing & International Education, University of Miami, 2012-
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