Anuraag Singhal

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 the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit Court by Governor Rick Scott and served from 2011 to 2019.[2]

In January 2019, Singhal was considered for one of three vacancies on the Supreme Court of Florida.[3]

In 2017, Singhal was one of ten finalists considered for a federal judgeship in South Florida.[4] On August 14, 2019, President 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 took senior status on August 5, 2016.[5] On September 11, 2019, a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[6]

On October 24, 2019, his nomination was reported out of committee by a vote of 17–5.[7] On December 18, 2019, the United States Senate invoked cloture on his nomination by a vote of 76–18.[8] On December 19, 2019, his nomination was confirmed by a vote of 76–17.[9]

He received his judicial commission on December 20, 2019. Judge Singhal is the first Asian Pacific American and Indian American to serve as an Article III federal judge in the Eleventh Circuit (Alabama, Georgia, and Florida).[10]

He became a member of the Federalist Society in 1988 and then rejoined in 2011.[11][12]

From 2016 to 2017, he was President of the Stephen R. Booher Chapter of the American Inns of Court.[12]

• Anuraag Singhal at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.