Susan H. Black
Susan Harrell Black | |
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Black in 2022 | |
| Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | |
| Assumed office February 25, 2011 | |
| Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | |
| In office August 12, 1992 – February 25, 2011 | |
| Appointed by | George H. W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Thomas Alonzo Clark |
| Succeeded by | Adalberto Jordan |
| Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida | |
| In office 1990–1992 | |
| Preceded by | George C. Carr |
| Succeeded by | John H. Moore II |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida | |
| In office July 24, 1979 – September 3, 1992 | |
| Appointed by | Jimmy Carter |
| Preceded by | Seat established by 92 Stat. 1629 |
| Succeeded by | Henry Lee Adams Jr. |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Susan Sims Harrell October 20, 1943 Valdosta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Education | Florida State University (BA) University of Florida (JD) University of Virginia (LLM) |
Susan Sims Harrell Black (born October 20, 1943) is an American lawyer who serves as a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. She was a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida. She was the first female federal court judge in Florida.