--- title: "Anne C. Conway | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/anne-c-conway" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-09" --- # Anne C. Conway U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida · U.S. District Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida - State: Florida - Role: U.S. District Judge - Service status: senior - Last verified: 2026-07-25 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Judge, District Court, M.D. Florida, 1991-present - Law clerk, Hon. John Reed, Jr., U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida, 1975-1977 - Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) Appointed by Chief Justice John Roberts on Apr ### Education - John Carroll University — B.A. (1972) - University of Florida ### Additional information - 1, 2015 Currently stationed at the Orlando Division - 1, 2016; served May 19, 2016 – May 18, 2023 Notably approved a 2017 FISA warrant for Carter Page, later made public in 2018 - 25, 1991 held the role of Chief Judge (2008–2015) Assumed senior status Aug. - U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida Appointed by President George H. W. Bush on July 24, 1991; confirmed by Senate on Nov. - 21, 1991; commissioned Nov. - Private practice, Orlando, FL, 1978-1991 - Date of birth: 1950-01-01 - American judge best known for her service as a Senior U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Florida and her prior role as a judge on the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) - Birth place: Cleveland, OH ## 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/1379456) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1379456) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1379456) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/711/anne-c-conway/) - [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/711/anne-c-conway/) - [Wikidata: Anne C. Conway](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4768200) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/anne-c-conway", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/anne-c-conway", "name": "Anne C. Conway | KnowJudges", "description": "Anne C. Conway, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida. Source-linked judicial identity, courtroom procedures, and presentation guidance.", "dateModified": "2026-10-09", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/anne-c-conway#judge" } }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/anne-c-conway#judge", "name": "Anne C. 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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.