The U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida, is seeking applicants for a full-time magistrate judge appointment in the Jacksonville Division.
The magistrate judge’s residence and duty station will be in the Jacksonville Division, but the magistrate judge may be called upon to assist in the Ocala and Orlando divisions.
The annual salary is $213,992. The term of office is eight years.
The duties and qualifications of the position can be found on the court’s website at www.flmd.uscourts.gov.
A merit selection panel of lawyers and other members of the community will review each application. After an interview of selected applicants, the panel will recommend to the district judges the five applicants whom the panel considers best qualified.
The district court will interview the five finalists but will appoint the new magistrate judge only after a satisfactory FBI full-field investigation and IRS tax check.
The appointee must comply with the financial disclosure requirements of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978.
Due consideration will be given to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, age, gender, religion, national origin or disability.
Each applicant must submit a completed application, available at shorturl.at/nwGK5 and a recent and in-depth writing sample by 5 p.m. Oct. 27, 2023.
Unless the applicant consents to additional disclosure, only the members of the selection panel, the district judges and necessary court staff will view the applications.
The selection panel’s and the district judges’ deliberations are confidential.