Gerald Bard Tjoflat

Gerald Bard Tjoflat (born December 6, 1929) is an American lawyer and Senior United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.[1]

Gerald Bard Tjoflat
Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Assumed office
November 19, 2019
Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
In office
October 1, 1989 – September 20, 1996
Preceded byPaul Hitch Roney
Succeeded byJoseph W. Hatchett
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
In office
October 1, 1981 – November 19, 2019
Appointed byoperation of law
Preceded bySeat established by 94 Stat. 1994
Succeeded byRobert J. Luck
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
In office
November 21, 1975 – October 1, 1981
Appointed byGerald Ford
Preceded byJohn Milton Bryan Simpson
Succeeded bySeat abolished
Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida
In office
October 16, 1970 – December 12, 1975
Appointed byRichard Nixon
Preceded bySeat established by 84 Stat. 294
Succeeded byHowell W. Melton
Personal details
Born
Gerald Bard Tjoflat

(1929-12-06) December 6, 1929
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
EducationDuke University School of Law (LL.B.)

Education and career

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 Bachelor of Laws 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.[2]

Federal judicial service

President Richard 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. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 13, 1970, he received his commission three days later. His service terminated on December 12, 1975, due to his elevation to the Fifth Circuit.[2]

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 Judge John Milton Bryan Simpson. He was 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 by operation of law 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.[2] During the second week of August 2019, Tjoflat informed President Donald Trump that he will take senior status contingent upon the confirmation and appointment of his successor.[3] On November 19, 2019, his successor, Robert J. Luck, was confirmed and received his commission the same day.

Memberships and honor

In 1995, the Duke Law Journal at the Duke University School of Law published a tribute to Tjoflat that included articles by then-Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, retired Justices Lewis F. Powell, Jr. and Byron R. White, and Judge Edward R. Becker of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, among others.[4]

gollark: More substantively, it's a big planet: we could simply live on it and extract resources from others.
gollark: Venusing Earth is probably quite hard. Although I think it'll happen naturally in a billion years or so.
gollark: This would be bad for technology, slow and/or wildly unethical, and not very helpful except under negative utilitarianism.
gollark: Subsistence farming is actually boring and unpleasant though. It is good that we stopped doing it. Although "monke" would be hunter-gathering, strictly. Which is no longer possible at scale due to loss of habitats and population growth.
gollark: That would be silly. I just do things at the correct time.

References
  1. Hall, K.; Rise, E.W. (1991). From local courts to national tribunals: the federal district courts of Florida, 1821-1990. Carlson Pub. Retrieved 2015-06-03.
  2. Gerald Bard Tjoflat at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
  3. Bill Rankin, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "Trump gets another seat to fill on influential Atlanta appeals court". ajc.
  4. "Tribute to Gerald Bard Tjoflat - Duke Law Review". scholarship.law.duke.edu. Retrieved 2015-06-03.

Sources
Legal offices
Preceded by
Seat established by 84 Stat. 294		 Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida
1970–1975		 Succeeded by
Howell W. Melton
Preceded by
John Milton Bryan Simpson		 Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
1975–1981		 Succeeded by
Seat abolished
Preceded by
Seat established by 94 Stat. 1994		 Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
1981–2019		 Succeeded by
Robert J. Luck
Preceded by
Paul Hitch Roney		 Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
1989–1996		 Succeeded by
Joseph W. Hatchett
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