--- title: "Brian Jordan Davis | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/brian-jordan-davis" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-09" --- # Brian Jordan Davis 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, 2013-present - Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, having assumed senior status on December 30, 2023 - 2013–2023: Judge, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, appointed by President Barack Obama to replace Richard A. Lazzara - Judge, Circuit Court of Florida, Fourth Judicial Circuit, 1994-2013 - Assistant state attorney, Fourth Judicial Circuit, FL, 1991-1994 - Chief Assistant State Attorney, Fourth Judicial Circuit, Florida (1991–1994) - Private practice in Jacksonville, FL (1980–1982 & 1988–1991) - Assistant state attorney, Fourth Judicial Circuit, FL, 1982-1988 ### Education - University of Florida Levin College of Law — J.D. (1980) - Princeton University — B.A. (1974) - Fredric G. Levin College of Law ### Additional information - President Obama nominated Davis on February 29, 2012 to the Middle District of Florida. - Born January 28, 1953, Jacksonville, Florida. - Date of birth: 1953-01-01 - Birth place: Jacksonville, 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/1394341) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1394341) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1394341) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/810/brian-jordan-davis/) - [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/810/brian-jordan-davis/) - [Wikidata: Brian J. Davis](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4964149) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/brian-jordan-davis", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/brian-jordan-davis", "name": "Brian Jordan Davis | KnowJudges", "description": "Brian Jordan Davis, 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.