Maurice M. Paul

Maurice Mitchell Paul (born 1932) is an American lawyer and a current judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida.

Paul was born in Jacksonville, Florida. He received his Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Arts degrees from the University of Florida in 1954. He served in the United States Air Force from 1954 to 1957. After leaving the Air Force, he was admitted to the University of Florida College of Law, receiving his LL.B. in 1960. Paul served as an interim instructor at the University of Florida College of Law in 1960.

Paul was in private practice in Orlando, Florida from 1960 to 1972. He was a circuit judge of the Ninth Judicial Circuit of Florida from 1973 to 1982.

President Ronald Reagan nominated Paul to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida on April 26, 1982, to the seat vacated by Winston E. Arnow. Confirmed by the Senate on June 18, 1982, he received commission on June 21, 1982.

Paul served as chief judge from 1993 to 1997 and assumed senior status on July 31, 1997.

Sources

Maurice M. Paul at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Legal offices
Preceded by Winston E. Arnow	Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida 1982–1997	Succeeded by Stephan P. Mickle

Current senior district judges of the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

M. Alabama	Thompson Albritton

N. Alabama	Hancock Propst Acker Blackburn Smith Johnson

S. Alabama	Butler Granade

M. Florida	Hodges Castagna Sharp Fawsett Schlesinger Conway Adams Bucklew Lazzara Antoon Steele Moody Presnell

N. Florida	Stafford Paul Vinson Collier Mickle Smoak Hinkle

S. Florida	King Hoeveler Gonzalez Ryskamp Graham Hurley Gold Seitz Huck Cohn

M. Georgia	Sands Lawson Royal

N. Georgia	O'Kelley Evans Shoob Vining Cooper Hunt Pannell

S. Georgia	Bowen

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 169351135

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