Robert N. Scola Jr.

Robert Nichols Scola Jr.[1] (born October 30, 1955)[2] is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Robert N. Scola Jr.
Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida
Assumed office
October 20, 2011
Appointed byBarack Obama
Preceded byPaul Huck
Personal details
Born (1955-10-30) October 30, 1955
Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S.
EducationBrown University (BA)
Boston College (JD)

Early life and education

Scola earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1977 from Brown University and a Juris Doctor in 1980 from Boston College School of Law.[3][4]

Career

From 1980 until 1986, Scola worked in the Miami-Dade Office of the State Attorney.[3] From 1986 until 1995, he worked in private legal practice, both as a sole legal practitioner and also as a criminal defense attorney.[3] In 1995, Scola became a judge on Florida's Eleventh Judicial Circuit presiding over criminal, civil and family law matters.[3][4]

Federal judicial service

On May 4, 2011, President Barack Obama nominated Scola to serve as a judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Scola would fill the seat vacated by Judge Paul Huck, who took senior status in August 2010.[5] The United States Senate confirmed Scola in a voice vote on October 19, 2011; he received his commission the following day.[4] Scola Jr. announced he will take senior status on October 31, 2023.[6]

Notable cases

On April 29, 2019, Scola, a cancer survivor, recused himself from a case against healthcare insurance company United Healthcare, stating, that the company's denial of treatment was "immoral and barbaric" and that his opinions regarding would prevent him from "deciding this case fairly and impartially."[7]

On October 27, 2021, Scola transferred a lawsuit filed by former President Donald Trump against Twitter from his court to the Northern District of California, holding that a forum selection clause required the California court to decide the case.[8]

References
  1. "Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. June 22, 2011.
  2. "BIOGRAPHIES OF FEDERAL COURT JUDGES SITTING IN FLORIDA" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 30, 2017. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
  3. The White House: Office of the Press Secretary (May 4, 2011). "President Obama Nominates Six Judges to United States District Courts". whitehouse.gov. Retrieved May 7, 2011 – via National Archives.
  4. Robert N. Scola Jr. at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
  5. The White House: Office of the Press Secretary (May 4, 2011). "Nominations Sent to the Senate". whitehouse.gov. Retrieved May 7, 2011 – via National Archives.
  6. "Southern District of Florida Blog: Judge Scola to take senior status in October 2023". 23 May 2022.
  7. Megan Flynn (May 1, 2019). "'Immoral and barbaric': Cancer-surviving judge blasts insurer for denying treatment". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2023-01-12.
  8. "Florida judge sends Trump suit against Twitter to California". AP News. October 27, 2021. Retrieved October 27, 2021.
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