--- title: "Allen Cothrel Winsor | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/allen-cothrel-winsor" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-09" --- # Allen Cothrel Winsor U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida · U.S. District Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida - State: Florida - Role: U.S. District Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-25 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Judge, District Court, N.D. Florida, 2019-present - Winsor has held the role of a judge on the Northern District of Florida since June 21, 2019, appointed by President Donald J. Trump and confirmed by the Senate 54–44 on June 19, 2019 - Adjunct professor, Florida State University, 2017-present - Judge, Florida District Court of Appeal, First District, 2016-2019 - Law Clerk, Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, 2002-2003 - The Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida ### Education - University of Florida — J.D. (2002) - B.S.B.A. — Auburn University — 1997 - Fredric G. Levin College of Law ### Additional information - Chief deputy solicitor general, State of Florida, 2013-present - He became Chief Judge in 2025, succeeding Mark E. Walker - Solicitor general, State of Florida, 2013-2016 - Private practice, Tallahassee, FL, 2005-2013 - Private practice, Atlanta, GA, 2003-2005 - Born September 9, 1976, in Orlando, Florida. - Date of birth: 1976-01-01 - Boone High School - Birth place: Orlando, FL ## Before you appear - Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed. - Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance. - Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding. ## Courtroom Rules ### civil remote testimony Scope: courtwide In federal district-court civil proceedings, testimony is ordinarily taken in open court; remote contemporaneous testimony requires good cause in compelling circumstances and appropriate safeguards. Evidence excerpt: For good cause in compelling circumstances and with appropriate safeguards, the court may permit testimony in open court by contemporaneous transmission from a different location. [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### criminal recording and broadcasting Scope: courtwide Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception. Evidence excerpt: Except as otherwise provided by a statute or these rules, the court must not permit the taking of photographs in the courtroom during judicial proceedings or the broadcasting of judicial proceedings from the courtroom. [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://www.fjc.gov/node/6631561) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/6631561) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/6631561) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/8651/allen-cothrel-winsor/) - [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) - [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/8651/allen-cothrel-winsor/) - [Wikidata: Allen C. Winsor](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q51729510) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/allen-cothrel-winsor", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/allen-cothrel-winsor", "name": "Allen Cothrel Winsor | KnowJudges", "description": "Allen Cothrel Winsor, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida. 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Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-civil-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27. - [Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, December 1, 2025](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-8721a344fececced2257fe1d) — Criminal proceedings in United States District Courts; this conservative mapping does not distribute appellate-specific provisions to appellate judges. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.