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David Seymour Leibowitz (born 1971)[1] is an American lawyer from Florida who is a nominee to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
Education
Leibowitz received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Pennsylvania in 1993, a Doctor of Philosophy from the London School of Economics in 1998 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 2000.[2]
Career
Leibowitz served as a law clerk for Associate Justice Robert Flanders of the Rhode Island Supreme Court from 2000 to 2001. From 2001 to 2003, he served as an assistant district attorney in the Office of the District Attorney for Middlesex County in Cambridge, Massachusetts. From 2003 to 2012, he served as an assistant United States attorney in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York. He has served as corporate counsel for Braman Management Association in Miami since 2012, and secretary and general counsel since 2015.[2]
Nomination to district court
In 2021, U.S. Senator Marco Rubio recommended Leibowitz to the Biden administration to be a federal judge.[3] On November 1, 2023, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Leibowitz to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. He was nominated as part of a bipartisan package of nominees which included Jacqueline Becerra and Melissa Damian.[4] On November 6, 2023, his nomination was sent to the Senate. President Biden nominated Leibowitz to the seat vacated by Judge Federico A. Moreno, who assumed senior status on July 17, 2020.[5] On November 29, 2023, a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[6] On January 3, 2024, his nomination was returned to the president under Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the United States Senate[7] and he was renominated on January 8, 2024.[8] On January 18, 2024, his nomination was favorably reported out of committee by a 16–5 vote.[9][10] On February 27, 2024, the Senate invoked cloture on his nomination by a 64–33 vote.[11] His nomination is pending before the United States Senate.
Personal life
Leibowitz is the nephew of Norman Braman, a billionaire with a car dealership empire throughout South Florida. Braman is one of senator Rubio’s most prominent benefactors, including donating between $5 million and $10 million to Marco Rubio 2016 presidential campaign.[12][13]
References
- ^ "Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
- ^ a b "President Biden Names Forty-First Round of Judicial Nominees" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. November 1, 2023. Retrieved November 1, 2023.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Scheckner, Jesse (July 23, 2021). "Marco Rubio committee offers President Joe Biden little choice on South Florida judicial picks".
- ^ https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/article242390041.html
- ^ "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. November 6, 2023.
- ^ "Nominations". Washington, D.C.: United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. November 29, 2023.
- ^ "PN1133 — David Seymour Leibowitz — The Judiciary". congress.gov. January 3, 2024. Retrieved January 9, 2024.
- ^ "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. January 3, 2024.
- ^ "Results of Executive Business Meeting – January 18, 2024" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved January 19, 2024.
- ^ "Senate Judiciary Committee Advances Twenty Judicial Nominations, One Executive Nomination to the Full Senate" (Press release). United States Senate Judiciary Committee. January 18, 2024. Retrieved January 18, 2024.
- ^ "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: David Seymour Leibowitz to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Florida)". United States Senate. February 27, 2024. Retrieved February 27, 2024.
- ^ "Pressure to elevate Black woman to Miami federal bench remains". November 2, 2023.
- ^ "Rubio holds sway". April 30, 2020.
