--- title: "Jordan Emery Pratt | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/jordan-emery-pratt" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-08" --- # Jordan Emery Pratt 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 - American judge serving on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida since November 3, 2025 - Judge, Florida Fifth District Court of Appeal (2023–2025), appointed by Governor Ron DeSantis - Senior Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Legal Policy (2020–2021) - Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice, 2019-2020; senior counsel, 2020 - As deputy solicitor general in the Florida Attorney General’s Office (2015–2019), he defended significant state legislation and executive actions before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, the Florida Supreme Court, and Florida’s First District Court of Appeal - Law clerk, Hon. Jennifer Walker Elrod, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 2014-2015 - Adjunct professor, Florida Coastal School of Law, 2014 - Law clerk, Hon. Harvey E. Schlesinger, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, 2012-2014 - Interned for Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (2011) ### Education - University of Florida Fredric G. Levin College of Law — J.D. (2012) - University of Florida — B.A. (2009) ### Additional information - Senior counsel, First Liberty Institute, Washington, D.C., 2021-2023 - Deputy general counsel, U.S. Small Business Administration, Washington, D.C., 2020-2021 - Born 1987 in Tampa, Florida. ## 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/13762072) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13762072) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13762072) - [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 Jordan Emery Pratt](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13762072) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/jordan-emery-pratt", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/jordan-emery-pratt", "name": "Jordan Emery Pratt | KnowJudges", "description": "Jordan Emery Pratt, 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.