Gerald Bard Tjoflat

Gerald Tjoflat
Judge of the Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Incumbent
Assumed office October 1, 1981
Preceded by	Seat established
Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
In office October 1, 1989 – September 20, 1996
Preceded by	Paul Roney
Succeeded by	Joseph Hatchett
Judge of the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
In office November 21, 1975 – October 1, 1981
Nominated by	Gerald Ford
Preceded by	John Simpson
Succeeded by	Seat abolished
Judge of the District Court for the Middle District of Florida
In office October 16, 1970 – November 21, 1975
Nominated by	Richard Nixon
Preceded by	Seat established
Succeeded by	Howell Melton
Personal details
Born	1929 (age 82–83) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Alma mater	University of Virginia University of Cincinnati Duke University

Gerald Bard Tjoflat (born 1929) is an American lawyer and federal judge.

Tjoflat was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He served in the United States Army from 1953 to 1955, attaining the rank of corporal. Tjoflat earned his LL.B. from Duke University School of Law in 1957. He was in private practice in Jacksonville, Florida from 1957 to 1968 and served as a judge of the Fourth Judicial Circuit of Florida in Jacksonville from 1968 to 1970.

President Richard M. Nixon nominated Tjoflat to the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida on October 7, 1970, to a new seat created by 84 Stat. 294. Confirmed by the Senate on October 13, 1970, he received commission three days later.

President Gerald Ford nominated Tjoflat to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on November 3, 1975, to a seat vacated by John Milton Bryan Simpson. Confirmed by the Senate on November 20, 1975, he received his commission the next day and began serving on the court on December 12, 1975. Tjoflat was reassigned to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on October 1, 1981, when that court was established. He served as chief judge from 1989 to 1996.

He is currently the longest serving federal appeals court judge still in active service, having chosen not to assume senior status despite eligibility.

Timothy J. Corrigan, a judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, served as a law clerk to Judge Tjoflat from 1981 to 1982.

Sources

Gerald Bard Tjoflat at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Legal offices
New seat	Judge of the District Court for the Middle District of Florida 1970–1975	Succeeded by Howell Melton
Preceded by John Simpson	Judge of the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit 1975–1981	Seat abolished
New seat	Judge of the Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit 1981–present	Incumbent
Preceded by Paul Roney	Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit 1989–1996	Succeeded by Joseph Hatchett

Current active judges of the United States courts of appeals

1st Circuit	Lynch, Torruella, Boudin, Lipez, Howard, Thompson

2nd Circuit	Jacobs, Cabranes, Pooler, Katzmann, Raggi, Wesley, Hall, Livingston, Lynch, Chin, Lohier, Carney, Droney

3rd Circuit	McKee, Sloviter, Scirica, Rendell, Ambro, Fuentes, Smith, Fisher, Chagares, Jordan, Hardiman, Greenaway, Vanaskie, 1 seat vacant

4th Circuit	Traxler, Wilkinson, Niemeyer, Motz, King, Gregory, Shedd, Duncan, Agee, Davis, Keenan, Wynn, Diaz, Floyd, 1 seat vacant

5th Circuit	Jones, King, Jolly, Davis, Smith, Garza, Benavides, Stewart, Dennis, Clement, Prado, Owen, Elrod, Southwick, Haynes, Graves, Higginson

6th Circuit	Batchelder, Martin, Boggs, Moore, Cole, Clay, Gibbons, Rogers, Sutton, Cook, McKeague, Griffin, Kethledge, White, Stranch, Donald

7th Circuit	Easterbrook, Posner, Flaum, Kanne, Rovner, Wood, Williams, Sykes, Tinder, Hamilton, 1 seat vacant

8th Circuit	Riley, Wollman, Loken, Murphy, Bye, Melloy, Smith, Colloton, Gruender, Benton, Shepherd

9th Circuit	Kozinski, Pregerson, Reinhardt, O'Scannlain, Thomas, Silverman, Graber, McKeown, Wardlaw, Fletcher, Fisher, Gould, Paez, Berzon, Tallman, Rawlinson, Clifton, Bybee, Callahan, Bea, M Smith, Ikuta, N Smith, Murguia, Christen, 4 seats vacant

10th Circuit	Briscoe, Kelly, Lucero, Murphy, Hartz, O'Brien, Tymkovich, Gorsuch, Holmes, Matheson, 2 seats vacant

11th Circuit	Dubina, Tjoflat, Edmondson, Carnes, Barkett, Hull, Marcus, Wilson, Pryor, Martin, 2 seats vacant

DC Circuit	Sentelle, Henderson, Rogers, Tatel, Garland, Brown, Griffith, Kavanaugh, 3 seats vacant

Federal Circuit	Rader, Newman, Lourie, Bryson, Linn, Dyk, Prost, Moore, O'Malley, Reyna, Wallach, 1 seat vacant

Persondata
Name	Tjoflat, Gerald Bard
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Date of birth	December 6, 1929
Place of birth	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Date of death
Place of death