Debbie Wasserman Schultz and other Democratic congressional members from South Florida recommended six ... urge President Biden to nominate a Black female judge to replace Judge Marcia Cook ...

Cooke, the first Black woman to serve as a federal judge in Florida history ... becoming the first African-American female appointed to the bench in Florida,” said the South Carolina native ...

To date, 32 Black women appointed by Biden have been ... Sneed has served as a U.S. magistrate judge for the Middle District of Florida since June 2015. Before her judgeship, she worked as a ...

granted a motion by West Palm Beach Attorney Salesia Smith-Gordon to admit eight Black women judges and lawyers from Florida into its SCOTUS Bar in Washington, D.C. The personal injury lawyer is ...

Sneed for the U.S. district courts in the Middle District of Florida and Judge Jacquelyn D. Austin for the District of South Carolina, adding to the record number of Black female federal judges ...

Al Lawson. Weighing a lawsuit brought by groups including Black Voters Matter and the League of Women Voters of Florida, the judge said state lawmakers must develop a “remedial map” to comply ...

Cooke, who spent 18 years as a federal judge in Miami and was the first Black female to serve in that position in the state of Florida, died Friday at the age of 68. The Miami Herald reported ...