--- title: "Anne-Leigh Gaylord Moe | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/anne-leigh-gaylord-moe" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-08" --- # Anne-Leigh Gaylord Moe U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida · Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida - State: Florida - Role: Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-25 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Anne‐Leigh Gaylord Moe is an American judge currently serving as a United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida since October 24, 2025 - Judge, Florida District Court of Appeal, Second District, 2025 - Judge, Circuit Court of Florida, Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, 2017-2025 - Florida 13th Circuit Court — Judge from March 2017 to 2025, appointed by Governor Rick Scott - Law clerk, Hon. Virginia M. Hernandez Covington, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, 2005-2007 - Law school internships included the Florida Supreme Court (Justice Kenneth B. Bell) and Maricopa County Superior Court (Judge Jeffrey Hotham) ### Education - Arizona State University College of Law (now Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law) — J.D. (2005) - Furman University — B.A. (2001) ### Additional information - received her judicial commission on October 24, 2025 - She fills the seat vacated by Judge Brian J. Davis, who assumed senior status in December 2023 - Private practice, Tampa, Florida, 2007-2017 ## 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/13762067) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13762067) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13762067) - [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) - [Judge Anne-Leigh Gaylord Moe](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13762067) - [Wikidata: Anne-Leigh Gaylord Moe](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q136547193) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/anne-leigh-gaylord-moe", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/anne-leigh-gaylord-moe", "name": "Anne-Leigh Gaylord Moe | KnowJudges", "description": "Anne-Leigh Gaylord Moe, U.S. District Court for the Middle 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.