John E. Steele

John Steele

Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida
Incumbent
Assumed office June 3, 2015
Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida
In office July 26, 2000 – June 3, 2015
Appointed by	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	new seat authorized by 113 Stat. 1501
Succeeded by	vacant
United States Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida
In office 1991–2000
Personal details
Born	1949 (age 66–67) Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Alma mater	University of Detroit University of Detroit College of Law

John E. Steele (born 1949) is a Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.

Steele was born in Detroit. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Detroit in 1971 and his J.D. from the University of Detroit College of Law in 1973.

Steele served as a law clerk to the Wayne County Prosecuting Attorney's Office in Detroit from 1972 to 1974. He was assistant prosecuting attorney in the Wayne County Prosecuting Attorney's Office from 1974 to 1977 and assistant prosecuting attorney in the Ingham County Prosecutor's Office in Kalamazoo, Michigan from 1977 to 1980. Steele served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Michigan from 1980 to 1981. He relocated to Florida and was Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Florida from 1981 to 1988.

Steele was in private practice from 1988 to 1991. He served as a United States magistrate judge on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida from 1991 to 2000 and was an adjunct professor at Florida Coastal School of Law from 1999 to 2000. President Bill Clinton nominated Steele to the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida on June 6, 2000, to a new seat created by 113 Stat. 1501. Confirmed by the Senate on July 21, 2000, he received commission on July 26, 2000. He assumed senior status on June 3, 2015.

Sources

John E. Steele at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Legal offices
Preceded by new seat authorized by 113 Stat. 1501	Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida 2000–2015	Vacant

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