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# Barbara Lagoa

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · U.S. Circuit Judge

## Profile

- Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- State: National federal courts
- Role: U.S. Circuit 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 of Appeal of Florida, 2006-present
- American jurist serving as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, appointed by President Donald Trump in 2019, and is notable as the first Hispanic woman and first Cuban American woman to serve on the Florida Supreme Court
- Assistant U.S. Attorney: Southern District of Florida (2003–2006)
- Private Practice: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius (1992–1998)
- Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

### Education


### Additional information

- Ron DeSantis (Jan 9, 2019–Dec 6, 2019), first Hispanic and Cuban American woman on the court
- Appointed: December 6, 2019, by President Donald Trump, after Senate confirmation on November 20, 2019
- Jeb Bush (2006–2019), later Chief Judge (2019)
- Practitioner, 2005-2005
- Greenberg Traurig (1998–2003)
- B.A. in English Literature, cum laude, Florida International University (1989) J.D., Columbia University School of Law (1992), Associate Editor, Columbia Law Review
- Born: November 2, 1967, in Miami, Florida
- Date of birth: 1967-01-01
- Parents: Cuban immigrants who fled Cuba after the 1959 revolution
- Florida Third District Court of Appeal: Appointed by Gov.
- Florida Supreme Court: Appointed by Gov.
- handling civil, major crimes, and appellate cases
- Predecessor: Stanley Marcus
- Married to attorney Paul C. Huck, Jr.
- Languages: Fluent in English and Spanish
- Birth place: Miami

## 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

### appellate oral argument

Scope: courtwide

In federal courts of appeals, oral argument is allowed unless a three-judge panel unanimously finds one of Rule 34's specified grounds for dispensing with it; the clerk provides the date, time, place, and time allocation.

Evidence excerpt: Oral argument must be allowed in every case unless a panel of three judges who have examined the briefs and record unanimously agrees that oral argument is unnecessary

[Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 34, Oral Argument](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-appellate-procedure)
Source checked: 2026-07-26


## Sources

- [Official profile](https://www.fjc.gov/node/7395471)
- [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/7395471)
- [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/7395471)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/6958/barbara-lagoa/)
- [Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 34, Oral Argument](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-appellate-procedure)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/6958/barbara-lagoa/)
- [Wikidata: Barbara Lagoa](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4859076)

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