Susan H. Black

Susan Harrell Black
Black in 2022
Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Incumbent
Assumed office February 25, 2011
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
In office August 12, 1992 – February 25, 2011
Appointed by	George H. W. Bush
Preceded by	Thomas Alonzo Clark
Succeeded by	Adalberto Jordan
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida
In office 1990–1992
Preceded by	George C. Carr
Succeeded by	John H. Moore II
Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida
In office July 24, 1979 – September 3, 1992
Appointed by	Jimmy Carter
Preceded by	Seat established by 92 Stat. 1629
Succeeded by	Henry Lee Adams Jr.
Personal details
Born	Susan Sims Harrell[1] (1943-10-20) October 20, 1943 (age 81) Valdosta, Georgia, U.S.
Education	Florida State University (BA) University of Florida (JD) University of Virginia (LLM)

Susan Sims Harrell Black (born October 20, 1943) is an American lawyer who serves as a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. She was a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida. She was the first female federal court judge in Florida.^[2]