--- title: "Lacey A. Collier | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/lacey-a-collier" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # Lacey A. Collier U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida · U.S. District Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the Northern 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 - As of 2026, Collier remains Senior Judge on the Northern District of Florida court, continuing to hear cases in his senior capacity - Judge, District Court, N.D. Florida, 1991-2003 - Judge, Circuit Court of Florida, First Judicial Circuit, 1984-1991 - After law school, Collier worked as Assistant State Attorney for Florida’s First Judicial District (1977–1984) and later held the role of a Circuit Judge in the same district (1984–1991) - Assistant state attorney, First Judicial Circuit, FL, 1977-1984 - Lacey Alexander Collier is an American attorney and Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida ### Education - a J.D. from Florida State University College of Law in 1977 - He later obtained a B.A. from the University of West Florida in 1975 - University of West Florida — M.A. (1972) ### Additional information - He assumed senior status on November 20, 2003 - On July 24, 1991, President George H. W. Bush nominated Collier to a new seat on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida, created by 104 Stat. - Confirmed by the Senate on November 15, 1991 and commissioned on November 18, 1991. - U.S. Navy, 1955-1975 - United States Navy (1955–1975) - B.A., Naval Postgraduate School (1970) - Born June 23, 1935, in Demopolis, Alabama. - Date of birth: 1935-01-01 - Birth place: Demopolis, AL ## 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/1379351) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1379351) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1379351) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/680/lacey-a-collier/) - [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/680/lacey-a-collier/) - [Wikidata: Lacey A. Collier](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6468241) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/lacey-a-collier", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/lacey-a-collier", "name": "Lacey A. Collier | KnowJudges", "description": "Lacey A. Collier, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida. Source-linked judicial identity, courtroom procedures, and presentation guidance.", "dateModified": "2026-10-07", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/lacey-a-collier#judge" } }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/lacey-a-collier#judge", "name": "Lacey A. 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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.