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Paul Roney

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Nonpartisan

Prior offices

United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit

United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit

Education

Personal


Paul Hitch Roney {b. September 5, 1921 d. September 16, 2006} was a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit and the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit

Education

  • St. Petersburg Junior College, A.A., 1940
  • University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business, B.S., 1942
  • Harvard Law School, LL.B., 1948
  • University of Virginia School of Law, L.L.M., 1984[1]

Professional career

  • U.S. Army Staff Sergeant, 1942-1946
  • Private practice, New York City, 1948-1950
  • Private practice, St. Petersburg, Florida, 1950-1970
  • Lecturer, Stetson College of Law, 1957, 1965, 1966[1]

Federal judicial career

Fifth Circuit

Judge Roney was nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit by Richard Nixon on October 7, 1970, to a seat vacated by George Carswell; Confirmed by the Senate on October 13, 1970, and received commission on October 16, 1970. On October 1, 1981 he was reassigned to the Eleventh Circuit.[1]

Eleventh Circuit

Roney was reassigned from the Fifth Circuit to the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit on October 1, 1981. He served as chief judge from 1986-1989. Assumed senior status on October 1, 1989 and served in that capacity until his death on September 16, 2006.[1]

Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by:
George Carswell 		Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
1970–1981 		Succeeded by:
NA
Preceded by:
NA - reassigned 		Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals
1981–2006 		Succeeded by:
Rosemary Barkett

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Federal judges who have served the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Active judges

Chief Judge: Jennifer Elrod   •  Don Willett  •  James Graves  •  Carl Stewart  •  Edith Jones  •  Leslie Southwick  •  Priscilla Richman  •  Catharina Haynes  •  Jerry Edwin Smith (Fifth Circuit)  •  Kurt Engelhardt  •  Irma Ramirez  •  Stephen Higginson  •  Cory Wilson  •  Stuart Kyle Duncan  •  James Ho  •  Andrew Oldham  •  Dana Douglas

Senior judges

James Dennis  •  Carolyn King  •  Patrick Higginbotham  •  John Duhe  •  Edith Clement  •  Fortunato Benavides  •  Jacques Wiener  •  W. Eugene Davis  •  Grady Jolly  •  Rhesa Barksdale  •  

Former judges John Minor Wisdom  •  Edward Harris  •  Peter Fay  •  John Godbold  •  Robert Lanier Anderson  •  Phyllis Kravitch  •  Gerald Tjoflat  •  Joseph Hatchett  •  Albert Henderson  •  Paul Roney  •  David Dyer  •  Elbert Tuttle  •  Thomas Clark (Eleventh Circuit)  •  Richard Rives  •  Robert Vance  •  Lewis Morgan  •  James Hill (Eleventh Circuit)  •  Andrew Phelps McCormick  •  Don Albert Pardee  •  Thomas Reavley  •  Harold DeMoss  •  Edward Prado  •  Robert Madden Hill  •  Alvin Rubin  •  Henry Politz  •  Reynaldo Garza  •  Albert Tate, Jr.  •  Jerre Williams  •  Robert Parker  •  Charles Pickering  •  David Davie Shelby  •  Rufus Edward Foster  •  Robert Lynn Batts  •  Nathan Philemon Bryan  •  Edwin Ruthven Holmes  •  Joseph Chappell Hutcheson  •  Alexander Campbell King  •  Samuel Hale Sibley  •  Claude Feemster Clayton  •  Richard Wilde Walker  •  Wayne Borah  •  Louie Willard Strum  •  Irving Goldberg  •  Leon McCord  •  Warren Leroy Jones  •  Robert Ainsworth  •  Joe Ingraham  •  William Thornberry  •  George Carswell  •  Curtis Waller  •  Griffin Bell  •  John Robert Brown (Federal judge)  •  Benjamin Cameron  •  James Coleman (federal judge)  •  Thomas Gee  •  Walter Gewin  •  Samuel Johnson  •  Elmo Lee  •  John Bryan Simpson  •  Frank M. Johnson, Jr.  •  Charles Clark (U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit)  •  Robert Lee Russell (Federal judge)  •  Gregg Costa  •  
Former Chief judges

John Godbold  •  Elbert Tuttle  •  Richard Rives  •  Carl Stewart  •  Carolyn King  •  Priscilla Richman  •  Henry Politz  •  Joseph Chappell Hutcheson  •  John Robert Brown (Federal judge)  •  James Coleman (federal judge)  •  Charles Clark (U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit)  •  

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Federal judges who have served the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Active judges

Chief Judge: William Pryor   •  Adalberto Jordan  •  Barbara Lagoa  •  Robin Rosenbaum  •  Jill Pryor  •  Elizabeth Branch  •  Britt Grant  •  Kevin Newsom  •  Andrew Brasher  •  Embry Kidd  •  Nancy Gbana Abudu

Senior judges

Stanley Marcus  •  Julie Carnes  •  Robert Lanier Anderson  •  Gerald Tjoflat  •  James Edmondson (Federal judge)  •  Joel Dubina  •  Susan Black (Eleventh Circuit)  •  Frank Hull  •  Charles Wilson (Florida)  •  Edward Carnes  •  

Former judges Beverly Martin  •  Peter Fay  •  John Godbold  •  Phyllis Kravitch  •  Joseph Hatchett  •  Albert Henderson  •  Paul Roney  •  David Dyer  •  Elbert Tuttle  •  Thomas Clark (Eleventh Circuit)  •  Richard Rives  •  Robert Vance  •  Lewis Morgan  •  Emmett Cox  •  Stanley Birch  •  Rosemary Barkett  •  James Hill (Eleventh Circuit)  •  Warren Leroy Jones  •  John Bryan Simpson  •  Frank M. Johnson, Jr.  •  
Former Chief judges

John Godbold  •  Robert Lanier Anderson  •  Gerald Tjoflat  •  Joseph Hatchett  •  James Edmondson (Federal judge)  •  Paul Roney  •  Joel Dubina  •  Edward Carnes  •  

Richard Nixon

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Federal judges nominated by Richard Nixon
1969

Adams • Barlow • Battin • Brooks • Burger • Carswell • Clark • Garth • Gibbons • Goodwin • Hannum • Herman • Ingraham • Kilkenny • Lane • Levin • MacKinnon • McFadden • Middlebrooks • Parker • Robb • Trask • Widener • Wilkins • Williams • Wright

1970

Becker • Blackmun • Bogue • Bratcher • Bue • Conti • Cox • Ditter • Dupree • Eisele • Engel • Fay • Feikens • Fisher • Frey • Gorbey • Hill • Huyett • Kelleher • Kennedy • Kent • King • Kitchen • Knapp • Knox • Krupansky • McCune • McGarr • McWilliams • Mechem • J. Miller • W. Miller • Morton • Moye • Muir • O'Kelley • Oakes • Pell • Pointer • Pratt • Roney • Rosenn • Ross • Schnacke • Scott • Stapleton • Steger • Stevens • Teitelbaum • Thompson • Tjoflat • Toledo • Turrentine • Urbom • VanArtsdalen • Walinski • Wallace • Wangelin • Webster • Weis • Wellford • Wilkey • Winner • Wood

1971

Alaimo • Allen • A. Anderson • J. Anderson • Barrett • Bauer • Bauman • Benson • Blair • Blatt • Boe • Brieant • Broderick • Bryan Jr. • Byrne • Campbell • Chapman • Choy • Contie • Costantino • DeMascio • Denney • Dier • Doyle • Field • Finesilver • Flannery • Freeman • Gagliardi • Goodwin • Gordon • Green • Gurfein • Hall • Hand • Hodges • Holden • Hunter • Kunzig • Lacey • Lucas • Lydick • Mansfield • McGovern • McLaren • McMillen • Mulligan • Murray • Neaher • Newcomer • Newman • Nielsen • O'Connor • Oakes • Pierce • Powell • Rehnquist • Renfrew • Richey • Rosen • Rubin • Russell • Scalera • Sharp • Sprecher • Stephenson • Stuart • Timbers • Tone • Sickle • Varner • R. West • Williams •

Young
1972

Bechtle • Bennett • Burns • Campbell • Carter • Coffrin • Duffy • Enright • Foreman • Freedman • Griesa • Hermansdorfer • Joiner • Kashiwa • King • Knapp • Lively • Mahon • Markey • Neill • Owens • Pesquera • Roettger • Skopil, Jr. • Stewart • Tauro • Turk • Wallace • H. Ward • R. Ward • Widener

1973

Biunno • Conner • Engel • Fogel • Garth • Gee • Guin • Hancock • Harvey • Marshall • Miller • Nangle • Owen • Reed • Schatz • Sharp • Skinner • Sneed • Snyder • Stern • Webster • Weis • Wood

1974

Alsop • Duncan • Firth • Gurfein • Hill • Matsch • McGlynn • Meanor • Miles • Morris • Orrick • Platt • Porter • Schwartz • Stagg • Tone • Voorhees • Warren • Warriner • Werker