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# William Frederic Jung

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: active
- 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, 2018-present
- United States district judge for the Middle District of Florida, appointed by President Donald J. Trump in 2018 and confirmed by the U.S. Senate on September 6, 2018
- Partner, Jung & Sisco, P.A. (previously Black & Jung, P.A.), Tampa, FL (1993–2018), specializing in white-collar criminal defense and complex civil litigation
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Middle District of Florida, 1990-1993
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of Florida, 1987-1990
- 1984–1985: Law clerk to Associate Justice William H. Rehnquist, U.S. Supreme Court
- Law Clerk, Supreme Court of the United States, 1984-1985
- Law clerk to Judge Gerald B. Tjoflat, 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals (1983–1984)
- Law Clerk, Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, 1983-1984

### Education

- J.D. — University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign — 1983
- Vanderbilt University — B.A. (1980)
- University of Illinois System
- University of Illinois College of Law

### Additional information

- Private practice, Tampa, FL, 1993-2018
- Private practice, Tampa, FL, 1985-1987
- 1985–1987: Associate attorney, Carlton Fields, P.A., Tampa, FL.
- Date of birth: 1958-01-01
- Birth place: Fort Belvoir, VA

## 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

### courtroom technology

Scope: courtwide

Courtwide presentation-related guidance applies to this judge.

Evidence excerpt: Assisted-Listening Headsets Headsets that enhance volume . Audio/Visual Players VHS and DVD players . Document Cameras (ELMO) Devices that display on a large screen a hardcopy document placed on the document camera .

[Courtroom Technology | Middle District of Florida | United States District Court](https://www.flmd.uscourts.gov/courtroom-technology)
Source checked: 2026-07-24

### 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/5197976)
- [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/5197976)
- [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/5197976)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/8586/william-frederic-jung/)
- [Courtroom Technology | Middle District of Florida | United States District Court](https://www.flmd.uscourts.gov/courtroom-technology)
- [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/8586/william-frederic-jung/)
- [Wikidata: William F. Jung](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24006838)

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## Federal civil docket activity

Dataset updated through 2026-06-30.

| Period | Assigned cases | Terminated cases | Median disposition (months) | Median sample |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1y | 355 | 10 | 0.8 | 10 |
| 2y | 863 | 248 | 1.3 | 248 |
| 5y | 2260 | 1570 | 3.5 | 1570 |
| 10y | 3730 | 3037 | 4.2 | 3037 |

Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/


## Published courtroom rules

### Shared court rules

- [Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, December 1, 2025](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-651872d6e45e0d82319ecccc) — Civil actions in United States District Courts; Rule 81 exceptions apply. 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.
