Charlene Edwards Honeywell | |
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Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida | |
Assumed office December 4, 2023 | |
Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida | |
In office November 12,2009 –December 4,2023 | |
Appointed by | Barack Obama |
Preceded by | Susan C. Bucklew |
Succeeded by | vacant |
Personal details | |
Born | Charlene Vanessa Edwards November 19,1957 Deerfield Beach,Florida,U.S. |
Education | Howard University (BA) University of Florida (JD) |
Charlene Vanessa Edwards Honeywell (born November 19,1957) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.
Born in Deerfield Beach,Florida,Honeywell graduated from Pompano Beach High School in 1975. [1] She then graduated from Howard University in 1979 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science. [1] Honeywell earned a Juris Doctor in December 1981 from the Fredric G. Levin College of Law at the University of Florida. [2]
From 1982 until 1985,Honeywell served in the Tallahassee Public Defender's office,and then spent two years as an assistant public defender in the Tampa public defender's office. [2] From November 1987 until June 1994,Honeywell served as an assistant city attorney for the City of Tampa and then spent six years at the Tampa law firm of Hill,Ward &Henderson,where she was a senior associate from 1995 until 1997 and then a partner from 1997 until December 2000.
In 1994,Florida Governor Lawton Chiles appointed Honeywell to be judge in Hillsborough County Circuit Court. [3] [4] She served from July 1,1994 until December 31,1994,but narrowly lost a bid for reelection in the fall of 1994 to attorney Frank Gomez. [3]
In 1999,Honeywell applied for an opening on the Florida Circuit Courts,inspired in part by the appointment of Peggy Quince as the first African American female justice on the Florida Supreme Court. [3] [4] In 2000,Florida Governor Jeb Bush appointed Honeywell to a judicial post on the Thirteenth Circuit in Hillsborough County,which she held from January 2001 until becoming a federal judge in 2009. [2]
On June 25,2009,President Barack Obama nominated Honeywell to fill the seat vacated by Susan C. Bucklew on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida. [2] The United States Senate confirmed Honeywell's nomination by an 88–0 vote on November 9,2009. [5] Honeywell received her commission on November 12,2009. She assumed senior status on December 4,2023. [6]
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