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Florida</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><b><a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />June 23, 2018</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/M._Casey_Rodgers" title="M. 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Casey Rodgers</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Judge of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Northern_District_of_Florida" title="United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida">United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><b><a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />December 7, 2012</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Appointed by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_federal_judges_appointed_by_Barack_Obama" title="List of federal judges appointed by Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Stephan_P._Mickle" title="Stephan P. Mickle">Stephan P. Mickle</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Mark Eaton Walker</div><br />1967 (age 56–57)<br /><a href="/wiki/Winter_Garden,_Florida" title="Winter Garden, Florida">Winter Garden, Florida</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Florida" title="University of Florida">University of Florida</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor">JD</a>)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Mark Eaton Walker</b> (born 1967) is the <a href="/wiki/United_States_federal_judge" title="United States federal judge">chief United States district judge</a> of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Northern_District_of_Florida" title="United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida">United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mark_E._Walker&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Born in <a href="/wiki/Winter_Garden,_Florida" title="Winter Garden, Florida">Winter Garden, Florida</a>, he received his <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">Bachelor of Arts</a> degree from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Florida" title="University of Florida">University of Florida</a> in 1989, graduating first in his class.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He received his <a href="/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor">Juris Doctor</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Fredric_G._Levin_College_of_Law" class="mw-redirect" title="Fredric G. Levin College of Law">Fredric G. Levin College of Law</a> at the University of Florida in 1992, <i><a href="/wiki/Magna_cum_laude" class="mw-redirect" title="Magna cum laude">magna cum laude</a></i>. From 1983 to 1993, during high school and during breaks in the academic year in college, Walker worked at a <a href="/wiki/Winn-Dixie" title="Winn-Dixie">Winn-Dixie</a>, the same store where his father worked.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Walker identified his experience working at Winn-Dixie as "the job that, more than any other, helped prepare him to be a lawyer and interact with people."<sup id="cite_ref-:1_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After graduating from law school second in his class, he clerked for Judge <a href="/wiki/Emmett_Ripley_Cox" title="Emmett Ripley Cox">Emmett Ripley Cox</a> of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Eleventh_Circuit" title="United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit">United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit</a> from 1993 to 1994.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He clerked for Justice <a href="/wiki/Stephen_H._Grimes" title="Stephen H. Grimes">Stephen H. Grimes</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Florida_Supreme_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="Florida Supreme Court">Florida Supreme Court</a> from 1994 to 1996.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He clerked for Judge <a href="/wiki/Robert_Hinkle_(judge)" title="Robert Hinkle (judge)">Robert Hinkle</a> of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Northern_District_of_Florida" title="United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida">United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida</a> from 1996 to 1997.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In July 1997 he spent a short period in private practice, but soon left to work as an assistant public defender for Florida's second judicial circuit.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He served as an assistant public defender from 1997 to 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He worked in <a href="/wiki/Practice_of_law" title="Practice of law">private practice</a> from 1999 to 2009 specializing in civil litigation and criminal defense.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 2009 to 2012, he served as a <a href="/wiki/Circuit_court_(Florida)" title="Circuit court (Florida)">state circuit judge</a> in <a href="/wiki/Tallahassee" class="mw-redirect" title="Tallahassee">Tallahassee</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-WH2012_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WH2012-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-fjc.gov_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fjc.gov-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Federal_judicial_service">Federal judicial service</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mark_E._Walker&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Federal judicial service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On February 16, 2012, President <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> nominated Walker to serve as United States district judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida.<sup id="cite_ref-WH2012_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WH2012-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He replaced Judge <a href="/wiki/Stephan_P._Mickle" title="Stephan P. Mickle">Stephan P. Mickle</a>, who assumed <a href="/wiki/Senior_status" title="Senior status">senior status</a> in 2011. His nomination was reported out of committee on June 7, 2012 by a <a href="/wiki/Voice_vote" title="Voice vote">voice vote</a>, with one senator voting "nay".<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a> confirmed Walker on December 6, 2012 by a 94–0 vote.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He received his commission on December 7, 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-fjc.gov_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fjc.gov-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He became chief judge in June 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-fjc.gov_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fjc.gov-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_rulings">Notable rulings</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mark_E._Walker&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Notable rulings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hand_v._Scott"><i>Hand v. Scott</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mark_E._Walker&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Hand v. Scott"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In January 2018, Walker ruled against Florida and ordered <a href="/wiki/Florida_governor" class="mw-redirect" title="Florida governor">Florida governor</a> <a href="/wiki/Rick_Scott" title="Rick Scott">Rick Scott</a> to restore the voting rights of felons after their release from prison.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="League_of_Women_Voters_v._Detzner"><i>League of Women Voters v. Detzner</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mark_E._Walker&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: League of Women Voters v. Detzner"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In July 2018, Walker invalidated as unconstitutional Florida's total prohibition on early voting sites on college and university campuses.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Walker determined the prohibition violated the First, Fourteenth, and Twenty-Sixth Amendments and the law revealed a "stark pattern of discrimination" against younger voters. Consequently, in the 2018 midterms, nearly 60,000 people voted at the on-campus early voting locations.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Keohane_v._Jones,_et_al."><span id="Keohane_v._Jones.2C_et_al."></span><i>Keohane v. Jones, et al.</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mark_E._Walker&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Keohane v. Jones, et al."><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Walker ordered the <a href="/wiki/Florida_Department_of_Corrections" title="Florida Department of Corrections">Florida Department of Corrections</a> to continue providing a transgender woman prisoner with hormone treatment and ordered them to provide her with women's undergarments and grooming products.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The prisoner was diagnosed with <a href="/wiki/Gender_dysphoria" title="Gender dysphoria">gender dysphoria</a> but has been housed in a male-only correctional facility. Walker's ruling was ultimately reversed by the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Madera-Rivera_v._Detzner"><i>Madera-Rivera v. Detzner</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mark_E._Walker&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Madera-Rivera v. Detzner"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In September 2018, Walker decided another significant voting rights case, in which he granted a preliminary injunction against the <a href="/wiki/Florida_Secretary_of_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Florida Secretary of State">Florida secretary of state</a>, directing him to ensure that Spanish speaking voters have access to ballots in the Spanish language for the November 2018 elections.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This decision, made on the basis of Section 4(e) of the Voting Rights Act, was especially critical, as Florida was grappling with a recent influx of Puerto Ricans fleeing the aftermath of 2017's <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Maria" title="Hurricane Maria">Hurricane Maria</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="League_of_Women_Voters_v._Scott"><i>League of Women Voters v. Scott</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mark_E._Walker&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: League of Women Voters v. Scott"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After the 2018 midterms, Walker ruled in favor of then-governor Rick Scott who oversaw the state's ongoing recount in which he was a candidate for U.S. Senate. “Though sometimes careening perilously close to a due process violation, Scott’s most questionable conduct has occurred in his capacity as a candidate rather than as governor," Walker wrote. Though Scott's actions were “reckless and haphazard“ and “Scott has toed the line between imprudent campaign-trail rhetoric and problematic state action. But he has not crossed that line."<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Anti-riot_law">Anti-riot law</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mark_E._Walker&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Anti-riot law"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On September 9, 2021, Walker blocked Florida's anti-riot law as a violation of the First Amendment.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="University_of_Florida_professors">University of Florida professors</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mark_E._Walker&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: University of Florida professors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In another free speech case, on January 4, 2022, Walker refused to dismiss a lawsuit filed by professors at the University of Florida after the University tried to stop them from testifying in a voting rights lawsuit.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The ruling eventually blocked the law as incompatible with the First Amendment.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="League_of_Women_Voters_v._Laurel_M._Lee"><i>League of Women Voters v. Laurel M. Lee</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mark_E._Walker&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: League of Women Voters v. Laurel M. Lee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On March 30, 2022, Walker ruled that Florida Senate Bill 90 violated the Voting Rights Act, issued a permanent <a href="/wiki/Injunction" title="Injunction">injunction</a> against the law’s restrictions on <a href="/wiki/Absentee_ballot" title="Absentee ballot">absentee ballot</a> drop boxes, and required Florida to obtain <a href="/wiki/Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965#Preclearance_requirement" title="Voting Rights Act of 1965">preclearance</a> from federal courts before enacting election laws.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In an outline of the legislative history of the bill, Walker wrote, "And the exact justification for SB 90 as a whole, and for its constituent parts, is difficult to pin down, with sponsors and supporters offering conflicting or nonsensical rationales."<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On May 5, 2022, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals lifted Walker's order, pending appeal: "The lower court’s ruling relying on an analysis of racism in Florida’s history is 'problematic,' and 'failed to properly account for what might be called the presumption of legislative good faith,' according to the order issued Friday by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Additionally, the state has 'a substantial argument' that another provision in the law governing 'line warming' activities outside polling places 'passes constitutional muster,' though the lower court found it to be 'unconstitutionally vague and overbroad,' according to the order. The court also noted the next statewide election is in August, while local elections are ongoing—too close for interfering with state laws administering elections, the judges wrote." The appeals court did not reach the merits, which will be decided in the main appeal.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Florida_State_Conference_of_Branches_and_Youth_Units_of_the_NAACP,_et_al_v._Cord_Byrd,_et_al."><span id="Florida_State_Conference_of_Branches_and_Youth_Units_of_the_NAACP.2C_et_al_v._Cord_Byrd.2C_et_al."></span><i>Florida State Conference of Branches and Youth Units of the NAACP, et al v. Cord Byrd, et al.</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mark_E._Walker&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Florida State Conference of Branches and Youth Units of the NAACP, et al v. Cord Byrd, et al."><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On July 3, 2023, Judge Walker granted a preliminary injunction against SB 7020, a Florida law that barred non-citizens from handling or collecting voter registration forms, and third-party voter registration groups from retaining personal information collected when registering new voters.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Florida_Amendment_4_intimidation_(2024)"><span id="Florida_Amendment_4_intimidation_.282024.29"></span>Florida Amendment 4 intimidation (2024)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mark_E._Walker&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Florida Amendment 4 intimidation (2024)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In October 2024, the Florida Department of Health threatened to bring criminal charges against local TV stations for airing an advertisement in support of <a href="/wiki/2024_Florida_Amendment_4" title="2024 Florida Amendment 4">Amendment 4</a>—a proposed constitutional amendment to prohibit the Florida legislature from restricting <a href="/wiki/Abortion_in_Florida" title="Abortion in Florida">abortion</a> before <a href="/wiki/Fetal_viability" title="Fetal viability">fetal viability</a>—which it claimed to contain false information regarding current state law. The health department sent out cease-and-desist letters and contracted for $1.4 million with two law firms to pursue litigation against the stations, claiming that the ads constitute a "sanitary nuisance" because it ""threatens or impairs"" the health of Florida residents. In response, a lawsuit was filed by Floridians Protecting Freedom, the group that organized the amendment's ballot initiative.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Judge Walker issued a temporary restraining order against the Florida Department of Health. 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Walker</a> at <a href="/wiki/Ballotpedia" title="Ballotpedia">Ballotpedia</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.congress.gov/112/chrg/CHRG-112shrg76131/CHRG-112shrg76131.pdf">Senate Judiciary Committee Questionnaire (Page 740)</a> <span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Public Domain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/12px-PD-icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/18px-PD-icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/24px-PD-icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="196" data-file-height="196" /></span></span> This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the <a href="/wiki/Public_domain" title="Public domain">public domain</a>.</li></ul> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #DDCEF2;">Legal offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Stephan_P._Mickle" title="Stephan P. 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