Patricia A. Seitz

Patricia Ann Seitz (born September 2, 1946)^[1] is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Patricia Ann Seitz
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida
Incumbent
Assumed office November 16, 2012
Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida
In office October 1, 1998 – November 16, 2012
Appointed by	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Stanley Marcus
Succeeded by	Darrin P. Gayles
Personal details
Born	(1946-09-02) September 2, 1946 (age 78) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Education	Kansas State University (BA) Georgetown University (JD)

Education and career

Seitz was born in Washington, D.C., in 1946.^[2] Her father is Lieutenant General Richard J. Seitz, former commanding general of the 82nd Airborne Division and the XVIII Airborne Corps. She graduated from Kansas State University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1968, and from Georgetown University Law Center with a Juris Doctor in 1973. Seitz was a law clerk for Judge Charles Robert Richey of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia from 1973 to 1974. She was in private practice in Florida from 1974 to 1996, and was a part-time adjunct professor at the University of Miami from 1984 to 1988. Seitz served as president of the Florida Bar from 1993 to 1994; she was the first woman to hold that position. She served at director of the Office of Legal Counsel for the Office of National Drug Control Policy (part of the Executive Office of the President) from 1996 to 1997, during the Bill Clinton administration.

Federal judicial service

President Bill Clinton nominated Seitz to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida on May 22, 1998, to the seat vacated by Stanley Marcus. She was confirmed by the Senate on September 28, 1998, and she received her commission on October 1, 1998. She assumed senior status on November 16, 2012.

References

1. Hearings before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Fifth Congress, Second Session, on Confirmations of Appointees to the Federal Judiciary, May 14; June 18; July 16; July 30, 1998. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1999. p. 932.
2. "Seitz, Patricia A." Federal Judicial Center. Retrieved 9 June 2021.

External links

• Patricia A. Seitz at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Legal offices
Preceded by Stanley Marcus	Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida 1998–2012	Succeeded by Darrin P. Gayles