Susan H. Black

Susan Black
Judge of the Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
In office August 12, 1992 – February 25, 2011
Nominated by	George H. W. Bush
Preceded by	Thomas Clark
Succeeded by	Vacant
Chief Judge of the District Court for the Middle District of Florida
In office 1990–1992
Preceded by	George Carr
Succeeded by	John Moore
Judge of the District Court for the Middle District of Florida
In office July 24, 1979 – August 12, 1992
Nominated by	Jimmy Carter
Preceded by	Seat established
Succeeded by	Henry Adams
Personal details
Born	October 20, 1943 (1943-10-20) (age 68) Valdosta, Georgia, United States
Alma mater	Florida State University University of Florida University of Virginia

Susan Harrell Black (born October 20, 1943) is an American lawyer and federal judge. She currently sits on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

Black was born in Valdosta, Georgia. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Florida State University in 1964 and her J.D. from the University of Florida College of Law in 1967. Black was a high school teacher in Jacksonville, Florida from 1967 to 1968 and an attorney for the United States Army Corps of Engineers in Jacksonville from 1968 to 1969. From 1969 to 1972 she served as assistant state attorney in Jacksonville and from 1972 to 1973 she served as assistant general counsel for the City of Jacksonville.

Black was a judge in Duval County Court from 1973 to 1975 and was a judge in the Fourth Judicial Circuit (Duval, Clay, and Nassau counties) from 1975 to 1979.

President Jimmy Carter nominated Black to the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida on May 22, 1979, to a new seat created by 92 Stat. 1629. Confirmed by the Senate on July 23, 1979, she received commission the next day. Black served as chief judge from 1990 to 1992. She received an LL.M. from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1984

President George H. W. Bush nominated Black to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on March 10, 1992, to the seat vacated by Thomas Alonzo Clark. Confirmed by the Senate on August 11, 1992, she received commission the next day and began serving on the court on September 3, 1992. She has taken senior status.

External links

Susan H. Black 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 1979–1992	Succeeded by Henry Adams
Preceded by George Carr	Chief Judge of the District Court for the Middle District of Florida 1990–1992	Succeeded by John Moore
Preceded by Thomas Clark	Judge of the Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit 1992–2011	Vacant

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	Black, Susan Harrell
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Date of birth	October 20, 1943
Place of birth	Valdosta, Georgia, United States
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