Draft:Embry Kidd

Embry J. Kidd (born 1983) is an American lawyer who has served as a United States magistrate judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida since 2019. He is a nominee to serve as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

Education
Kidd earned a Bachelor of Arts from Emory University in 2005 and a Juris Doctor from Yale Law School in 2008.

Career
From 2008 to 2009, he served as a law clerk for Judge Roger Gregory of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. From 2009 to 2014, he worked as an associate at Williams & Connolly in Washington, D.C. From 2014 to 2019, he served as an assistant United States attorney in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Florida. Since 2022, he has been an adjunct professor at the Florida A&M University College of Law.

Federal judicial service
Kidd assumed office as a United States magistrate judge on July 25, 2019.

Nomination to court of appeals
On May 8, 2024, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Kidd to serve as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. On May 24, 2024, his nomination was sent to the Senate. President Biden nominated Kidd to the seat being vacated by Judge Charles R. Wilson, who will assume senior status on December 31, 2024. On June 5, 2024, a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee. During his confirmation hearing, he was questioned by Republican Senators about his record and his views about a controversial law review article written by a law school classmate. On July 11, 2024, his nomination was favorably reported out of the Senate Judiciary Committee by an 11–10 vote. His nomination is pending before the United States Senate.