Raag Singhal
Raag Singhal | |
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| File:Judge Anuraag Singhal (cropped).jpg | |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida | |
| Assumed office December 20, 2019 | |
| Appointed by | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | James I. Cohn |
| Judge of the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida | |
| In office September 30, 2011 – December 20, 2019 | |
| Appointed by | Rick Scott |
| Preceded by | Victor Tobin |
| Succeeded by | Michael Davis |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1963 (age 62–63) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | Rice University (BA) Wake Forest University (JD) |
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Anuraag Hari "Raag" Singhal (born 1963) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. He previously served as a Florida state court judge from 2011 to 2019.
Biography
[edit | edit source]Singhal was born to parents emigrated to the US from India.[1]
Singhal received a Bachelor of Arts from Rice University. He earned his Juris Doctor from the Wake Forest University School of Law. He began his career as an associate at Fleming, O'Bryan & Fleming in 1989, and spent a year there before becoming an Assistant State Attorney in Broward County. From 1993 to 2011, Singhal maintained a criminal defense and appellate practice in the Fort Lauderdale area. He was appointed to Seventeenth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida by Governor Rick Scott and served from 2011 to 2019.[2] He is married to Lisa Kay, a physician, and has three children.[1][3]
State supreme court consideration
[edit | edit source]In January 2019, Singhal was considered for one of three vacancies on the Supreme Court of Florida.[4]
Federal judicial service
[edit | edit source]In 2017, Singhal was one of ten finalists considered for a federal judgeship in South Florida.[5] On August 14, 2019, President Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Singhal to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.[2] On September 9, 2019, his nomination was sent to the Senate. He was nominated to the seat vacated by James I. Cohn, who assumed senior status on August 5, 2016.[6] On September 11, 2019, a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[7] On October 24, 2019, his nomination was reported out of committee by a 17–5 vote.[8]
On December 18, 2019, the United States Senate invoked cloture on his nomination by a 76–18 vote.[9] On December 19, 2019, his nomination was confirmed by a 76–17 vote.[10] He received his judicial commission on December 20, 2019.[11] Singhal is the first Asian Pacific American and Indian American to serve as an Article III federal judge on a court within the Eleventh Circuit.[12]
Memberships
[edit | edit source]Singhal became a member of the Federalist Society in 1988 and then rejoined in 2011.[13][14]
From 2016 to 2017, he was President of the Stephen R. Booher Chapter of the American Inns of Court.[14]
See also
[edit | edit source]References
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- ^ "Seventeen Nominations and Two Withdrawals Sent to the Senate", White House, September 9, 2019
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- ^ Results of Executive Business – October 24, 2019, Senate Judiciary Committee
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- ^ a b United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees: Anuraag Singhal
External links
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- 1963 births
- Living people
- 20th-century American lawyers
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- American jurists of Indian descent
- American criminal defense lawyers
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- Florida state court judges
- Judges of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida
- Lawyers from Philadelphia
- Rice University alumni
- United States district court judges appointed by Donald Trump
- Wake Forest University School of Law alumni