Marcia Morales Howard

Marcia Morales Howard (born July 16, 1965) is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.

Marcia Morales Howard
Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida
Assumed office
February 20, 2007
Appointed byGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byHarvey E. Schlesinger
Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida
In office
June 2, 2003 – February 20, 2007
Personal details
Born
Marcia Maria Morales[1]

(1965-07-16) July 16, 1965
Jacksonville, Florida
Spouse(s)Lawrence W. Howard III
EducationVanderbilt University (B.S.)
Fredric G. Levin College of Law (J.D.)

Education and career

Howard was born in Jacksonville, Florida. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from Vanderbilt University in 1987 and her Juris Doctor with honors from the Fredric G. Levin College of Law at the University of Florida in 1990. At UF Law she was elected to the Order of the Coif and served as the Symposium Editor for the Florida Law Review. Howard was in private practice in Jacksonville from 1990 to 2003 as a civil litigator concentrating in labor and employment law, and was a member of the National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel. From 2003 to 2007, she served as a United States Magistrate Judge in the Middle District of Florida.

Federal judicial service

On January 9, 2007 she was nominated by President George W. Bush to serve as a judge on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida. Her nomination was confirmed by the United States Senate on February 15 and she was commissioned as a judge on February 20, 2007.

References
  1. Confirmation hearings on federal appointments : hearings before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Ninth Congress, first session. 4.J 89/2:S.HRG.109-397/ PT.6 (2006) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Legal offices
Preceded by
Harvey E. Schlesinger		 Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida
2007–present		 Incumbent
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