Embry J. Kidd
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
On May 8, 2024, President Biden nominated Judge Embry J. Kidd to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Since 2019, Kidd has served as a Magistrate Judge for the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida. He previously worked as an Assistant United States Attorney in that District from 2014–2019.
Background
Kidd was born in Birmingham, Alabama in 1983. He graduated with his B.A., High Honors, from Emory University in 2005, and earned his J.D. from Yale Law School in 2008. Kidd held several prestigious positions while in law school, including Editor of the Yale Law and Policy Review, member of Yale Law Journal’s Editorial Board, and Editor in Chief of the Yale Journal of Law & the Humanities.
Legal Experience
After graduating from Yale Law School in 2008, Kidd clerked for Judge Roger L. Gregory on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Through this prestigious clerkship, Kidd gained extensive experience and expertise on how to effectively manage a circuit court of appeals. Following this, from 2009–2014, Kidd worked as an associate at Williams & Connolly LLP, a leading national law firm, in Washington, D.C., where he litigated a range of complex federal and state civil cases, as well as undertaking various pro bono matters. From 2014–2019, Kidd served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Middle District of Florida. In that role, he predominately litigated white-collar crime and offenses relating to narcotics, firearms, corruption, and crimes against children.
The following cases are illustrative of Kidd’s litigation career: