Donald M. Middlebrooks

Donald M. Middlebrooks

Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida
Incumbent
Assumed office May 27, 1997
Nominated by	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	James W. Kehoe
Personal details
Born	1946 (age 69–70) Orlando, Florida, U.S.
Alma mater	University of Florida Fredric G. Levin College of Law (formerly University of Florida College of Law)

Donald M. Middlebrooks (born 1946) is currently a judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

He was in private practice from 1973 to 1974 and served as General Counsel to Florida Governor Reubin Askew from 1974 to 1977. In 1997 he was appointed by President Bill Clinton to serve as a United States District Judge and was confirmed by the U.S. Senate.

Education

Bachelor's degree from University of Florida in 1968.
Juris Doctor from the University of Florida Law School in 1972.

While at the University of Florida, Middlebrooks served as both President of the Student Body and President of Florida Blue Key.

Credited with dismissing case against patent troll Martin Kelly Jones (Electronic Frontier Foundation vs. Shipping & Transit, Case No.:16-CV-80855-MIDDLEBROOKS/BRANNON). See article by Joe Mullin at ^[1]

References

↑ http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/10/the-man-behind-the-nations-most-litigious-patent-troll-has-spoken/?comments=1&start=40

External links

Donald M. Middlebrooks at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Legal offices
Preceded by James W. Kehoe	Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida 1997–present	Incumbent

Current active district judges of the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

M. Alabama	Watkins 2 seats vacant

N. Alabama	Bowdre Coogler Proctor Hopkins Kallon Haikala 2 seats vacant

S. Alabama	Steele DuBose 1 seat vacant

M. Florida	Merryday Kovachevich Whittemore Corrigan Covington Howard Scriven Honeywell Dalton Chappell Davis Byron Mendoza 2 seats vacant

N. Florida	Rodgers Walker 2 seats vacant

S. Florida	Moore Zloch Moreno Ungaro Lenard Middlebrooks Dimitrouleas Marra Martinez Altonaga Cooke Williams Scola Gayles Bloom Rosenberg 2 seats vacant

M. Georgia	Land Treadwell Abrams 1 seat vacant

N. Georgia	Thrash Murphy Story Duffey Batten Totenberg Jones May Cohen Ross 1 seat vacant

S. Georgia	Wood Moore Hall

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 103084151

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