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James Lawrence King
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida · 1970
James Lawrence King , Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. James Lawrence King (December 20, 1927 – May 2, 2026) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, and one of the longest serving federal judges in the United States.
Education
- University of FloridaB.A.E., 1949
- University of Florida College of Law (now Fredric G. Levin College of Law)LL.B., 1953
Career
U.S. Air Force, 1953-1955; Private practice, Miami, Florida, 1953-1964; Member, Florida Board of Regents, 1964; Judge, Circuit Court of Florida, Eleventh Judicial Circuit, 1964-1970; Associate justice, Florida Supreme Court, 1965; Associate justice, Florida District Court of Appeal, Third District, 1966-1967; Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 1984-1987
Biography
James Lawrence King (December 20, 1927 – May 2, 2026) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, and one of the longest serving federal judges in the United States.
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