Gerald Bard Tjoflat | |
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Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | |
Assumed office November 19, 2019 | |
Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | |
In office October 1, 1989 – September 20, 1996 | |
Preceded by | Paul Hitch Roney |
Succeeded by | Joseph W. Hatchett |
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | |
In office October 1, 1981 – November 19, 2019 | |
Appointed by | operation of law |
Preceded by | Seat established by 94 Stat. 1994 |
Succeeded by | Robert J. Luck |
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | |
In office November 21, 1975 – October 1, 1981 | |
Appointed by | Gerald Ford |
Preceded by | John Milton Bryan Simpson |
Succeeded by | Seat abolished |
Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida | |
In office October 16, 1970 – December 12, 1975 | |
Appointed by | Richard Nixon |
Preceded by | Seat established by 84 Stat. 294 |
Succeeded by | Howell W. Melton |
Personal details | |
Born | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. | December 6, 1929
Education | University of Cincinnati (BA) Duke University (LLB) |
Gerald Bard Tjoflat (born December 6, 1929) is an American lawyer and Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.[1] He previously served as a U.S. district judge on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida from 1970 to 1975 and as a state court judge on the Fourth Judicial Circuit of Florida from 1968 to 1970.