Susan H. Black

Susan Harrell Black
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	(1943-10-20) October 20, 1943 Valdosta, Georgia
Education	Florida State University (B.A.) University of Florida College of Law (J.D.) University of Virginia School of Law (LL.M.)

Susan Harrell Black (born October 20, 1943) is an American lawyer and 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.

Education and career

Black was born in Valdosta, Georgia. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Florida State University in 1964 and her Juris Doctor 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.^[1]

State judicial service

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.^[1]

Federal judicial service

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 her commission the next day. Black served as Chief Judge from 1990 to 1992. She received a Master of Laws from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1984. Her service terminated on September 3, 1992, due to elevation to the Eleventh Circuit.^[1]

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 Judge Thomas Alonzo Clark. Confirmed by the Senate on August 11, 1992, she received her commission the next day and began serving on the court on September 3, 1992. On February 25, 2011, Black took senior status.^[1]

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References

• Susan Harrell Black at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.