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Raag Singhal
American judge (born 1963) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Anuraag Hari "Raag" Singhal (born 1963) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. He previously served as a Florida state court judge from 2011 to 2019.
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Singhal was born to parents emigrated to the US from India.[1]
Singhal received a Bachelor of Arts from Rice University. He earned his Juris Doctor from the Wake Forest University School of Law. He began his career as an associate at Fleming, O'Bryan & Fleming in 1989, and spent a year there before becoming an Assistant State Attorney in Broward County. From 1993 to 2011, Singhal maintained a criminal defense and appellate practice in the Fort Lauderdale area. He was appointed to Seventeenth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida by Governor Rick Scott and served from 2011 to 2019.[2] He is married to Lisa Kay, a physician, and has three children.[1][3]
State supreme court consideration
In January 2019, Singhal was considered for one of three vacancies on the Supreme Court of Florida.[4]
Federal judicial service
In 2017, Singhal was one of ten finalists considered for a federal judgeship in South Florida.[5] On August 14, 2019, President Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Singhal to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.[2] On September 9, 2019, his nomination was sent to the Senate. He was nominated to the seat vacated by James I. Cohn, who assumed senior status on August 5, 2016.[6] On September 11, 2019, a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[7] On October 24, 2019, his nomination was reported out of committee by a 17–5 vote.[8]
On December 18, 2019, the United States Senate invoked cloture on his nomination by a 76–18 vote.[9] On December 19, 2019, his nomination was confirmed by a 76–17 vote.[10] He received his judicial commission on December 20, 2019.[11] Singhal is the first Asian Pacific American and Indian American to serve as an Article III federal judge on a court within the Eleventh Circuit.[12]
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Memberships
Singhal became a member of the Federalist Society in 1988 and then rejoined in 2011.[13][14]
From 2016 to 2017, he was President of the Stephen R. Booher Chapter of the American Inns of Court.[14]
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