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# Embry Jerode Kidd

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

- American judge serving as a U.S. Circuit Judge on the Eleventh Circuit, appointed by President Joe Biden and confirmed by the Senate in November 2024, with his commission issued on January 2, 2025
- U.S. Magistrate Judge, Middle District of Florida (2019–2025)
- Adjunct professor, Florida A&M University College of Law, 2022-2024
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Middle District of Florida, 2014-2019
- Associate at Williams & Connolly, Washington, D.C. (2009–2014)
- Law clerk, Hon. Roger L. Gregory, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 2008-2009
- Law clerk to Judge Roger L. Gregory, 4th Circuit (2008–2009)

### Education

- B.A. (2005), Emory University, high honors J.D. (2008), Yale Law School; editor of The Yale Law Journal and other law reviews

### Additional information

- Magistrate, District Court, M.D. Florida, 2019-present
- Commissioned: January 2, 2025
- Nomination: May 8, 2024, by President Biden to replace Judge Charles R. Wilson
- Senate confirmation: November 18, 2024, by a 49–45 vote; cloture passed 49–44
- Private practice, Washington, D.C., 2009-2014
- Born: 1983, Birmingham, Alabama
- Date of birth: 1982-01-01
- As Eleventh Circuit Judge, Kidd hears appeals in federal cases within the Eleventh Circuit’s jurisdiction, which covers Alabama, Florida, and Georgia.

## 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/13761891)
- [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13761891)
- [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13761891)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/9148/embry-j-kidd/)
- [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/9148/embry-j-kidd/)
- [Kidd, Embry Jerode](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13761891)

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