US Magistrate Judge Embry Kidd Confirmed to 11th Circuit Court of Appeals

The U.S. Senate confirmed federal magistrate judge Embry Kidd to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on Monday.

Kidd was confirmed on a 49-45 vote and will be President Joe Biden’s second appointee to the federal appeals court that covers Alabama, Florida and Georgia.

Before becoming a U.S. magistrate judge in 2019, Kidd was a federal prosecutor in Florida and an associate at Williams & Connolly. After graduating from Yale Law School in 2008, Kidd clerked for Fourth Circuit Judge Roger Gregory.

[SOURCE: law.com]

President Biden to nominate Judge Embry J. Kidd to federal circuit court

President Biden is announcing his intent to nominate one individual to a federal circuit court and three individuals to federal district courts—all of whom are extraordinarily qualified, experienced, and devoted to the rule of law and our Constitution.

Among those nominated is Judge Embry J. Kidd. He is a Nominee for the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

Judge Embry J. Kidd has been a United States Magistrate Judge for the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida since 2019. Judge Kidd previously served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida from 2014 to 2019. From 2009 to 2014, Judge Kidd worked as an associate at Williams & Connolly LLP in Washington, D.C. Judge Kidd served as a law clerk for Judge Roger L. Gregory on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit from 2008 to 2009. He received his J.D. from Yale Law School in 2008 and his B.A. from Emory University in 2005.