Robert Nichols Scola Jr.
Appointed by President Barack Obama in 2011 and confirmed by voice vote, Robert Nichols Scola Jr. is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. He earned a law degree from Boston College Law School in 1980. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1955 · age 71
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama, 2011
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Brown 1977 · Boston College Law School 1980
- Succeeded
- Paul C. Huck
- Succeeded by
- Edward L. Artau
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Southern District of Florida succeeded Paul C. Huck | Obama (D) | Voice vote |
Party letters show the appointing president’s party, not the judge’s own. A voice vote means the chamber approved aloud. No senator-by-senator tally is recorded.
Confirmation vote
Voice vote
The Senate approved this confirmation aloud, with no senator-by-senator tally recorded. Recorded roll-call votes begin in 1989.
Education
| Brown University | B.A. | 1977 |
| Boston College Law School | J.D. | 1980 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Scola was assigned 6,136 district-court cases (1990–2025). Median time from filing to termination: 134 days across 6,101 closed cases.
Case assignment is from CourtListener’s PACER-derived docket records: a partial sample, not a complete caseload, reflecting the judge last assigned each case. How we count.
On appeal
Of 351 of Scola’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 279 were affirmed, 39 reversed or vacated, and 33 affirmed in part and reversed in part. This is a historical count of appellate outcomes for cases we could match, not a judgment of the judge, and not a complete record. How we count.
In our data, Scola authored 1 published opinion for the court (2011).
A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.
Recent & notable rulings
| Year | Case | Citation | Cited |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | In Re Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler, Pa | 468 B.R. 429 | 0 |
Showing the 1 most-cited of 1 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.
Questions & answers
- Who appointed Robert Nichols Scola Jr.?
- President Barack Obama appointed Robert Nichols Scola Jr. to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida in 2011.
- Was Robert Nichols Scola Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Robert Nichols Scola Jr. was appointed by President Barack Obama, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Robert Nichols Scola Jr.'s confirmation vote?
- Robert Nichols Scola Jr. was confirmed by voice vote on October 19, 2011. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court is Robert Nichols Scola Jr. on?
- Robert Nichols Scola Jr. is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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14 years on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).