U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit is one of the thirteen U.S. courts of appeals, the intermediate appellate tier of the federal judiciary. It hears appeals from the federal district courts within the Eleventh Circuit, which covers Alabama, Florida and Georgia. Its decisions bind those courts unless reviewed by the Supreme Court of the United States.
| Judge | Appointed by | Since |
|---|---|---|
| R[obert] Lanier Anderson III | (reassignment) (N) | 1981 |
| Gerald Bard Tjoflat | (reassignment) (N) | 1981 |
| James Larry Edmondson | Reagan (R) | 1986 |
| Joel Fredrick Dubina | Bush (R) | 1990 |
| Susan Harrell Black | Bush (R) | 1992 |
| Edward Earl Carnes | Bush (R) | 1992 |
| Frank M. Hull | Clinton (D) | 1997 |
| Stanley Marcus | Clinton (D) | 1997 |
| Charles R. Wilson | Clinton (D) | 1999 |
| William Holcombe Pryor Jr. | Bush (R) | 2005 |
| Adalberto Jose Jordan | Obama (D) | 2012 |
| Julie E. Carnes | Obama (D) | 2014 |
| Jill Anne Pryor | Obama (D) | 2014 |
| Robin Stacie Rosenbaum | Obama (D) | 2014 |
| Kevin Christopher Newsom | Trump (R) | 2017 |
| Elizabeth Lee Branch | Trump (R) | 2018 |
| Britt Cagle Grant | Trump (R) | 2018 |
| Barbara Lagoa | Trump (R) | 2019 |
| Robert Joshua Luck | Trump (R) | 2019 |
| Andrew Lynn Brasher | Trump (R) | 2020 |
| Nancy Gbana Abudu | Biden (D) | 2023 |
| Embry Jerode Kidd | Biden (D) | 2025 |
| Judge | Appointed by | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Beverly Baldwin Martin | Obama (D) | 2010–2021 |
| Rosemary Barkett | Clinton (D) | 1994–2013 |
| Stanley F. Birch Jr. | Bush (R) | 1990–2010 |
| Emmett Ripley Cox | Reagan (R) | 1988–2021 |
| Thomas Alonzo Clark | (reassignment) (N) | 1981–2005 |
| David William Dyer | (reassignment) (N) | 1981–1998 |
| Peter Thorp Fay | (reassignment) (N) | 1981–2021 |
| John Cooper Godbold | (reassignment) (N) | 1981–2009 |
| Joseph Woodrow Hatchett | (reassignment) (N) | 1981–1999 |
| Albert John Henderson | (reassignment) (N) | 1981–1999 |
| James Clinkscales Hill | (reassignment) (N) | 1981–2017 |
| Frank Minis Johnson Jr. | (reassignment) (N) | 1981–1999 |
| Warren Leroy Jones | (reassignment) (N) | 1981–1993 |
| Phyllis A. Kravitch | (reassignment) (N) | 1981–2017 |
| Lewis Render Morgan | (reassignment) (N) | 1981–2001 |
| Richard Taylor Rives | (reassignment) (N) | 1981–1982 |
| Paul Hitch Roney | (reassignment) (N) | 1981–2006 |
| John Milton Bryan Simpson | (reassignment) (N) | 1981–1987 |
| Elbert Parr Tuttle | (reassignment) (N) | 1981–1996 |
| Robert Smith Vance | (reassignment) (N) | 1981–1989 |
The federal trial courts whose appeals this circuit reviews.
How a judge gets here. Each judge is nominated by a president and confirmed by the U.S. Senate, then holds a numbered seat, for life, until they take senior status, or until they leave the bench. Open any judge to see who appointed them, how the Senate voted, and whom they succeeded, a chain that runs back to 1981.
Source: FJC Biographical Directory. Data last verified 2026-06-28. Verify against the primary source before relying.