Alan Stephen Gold
| Alan Stephen Gold | |
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| Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida | |
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Assumed office January 10, 2011 |
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| Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida | |
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In office July 1, 1997 – January 10, 2011 |
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| Appointed by | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Jose Alejandro Gonzalez, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Robin S. Rosenbaum |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Alan Stephen Gold 1944 (age 72–73) The Bronx, New York |
| Education |
University of Florida B.A. Duke University School of Law J.D. University of Miami School of Law LL.M. |
Alan Stephen Gold (born 1944) is a Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
Born in 1944 in New York City, New York, Gold attended Miami Beach High School. Gold received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Florida in 1966, a Juris Doctor from Duke University School of Law in 1969, and an Master of Laws from the University of Miami School of Law in 1974.
Gold served as a research assistant to Judge Charles Carroll of the Florida Third District Court of Appeal from 1969-1970. He was briefly in private practice in Miami in 1970, before serving as assistant county attorney in the Dade County Attorney's Office from 1971 to 1975.
President Bill Clinton nominated Gold to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida on February 12, 1997, to the seat vacated by Jose Alejandro Gonzalez, Jr.. During Gold's confirmation hearings before the Senate, he surprised many when, after being asked which Supreme Court decision troubled him most, he named Griswold v. Connecticut. [1] Confirmed by the Senate on June 27, 1997, Gold received his commission on July 1, 1997. He assumed senior status on January 10, 2011.
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