Philip R. Lammens
| Philip Raymond Lammens | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born |
1977 (age 38–39) Queens, New York, U.S. |
| Alma mater |
University of Florida B.A. Fredric G. Levin College of Law J.D. |
| Profession | Attorney |
Philip Raymond Lammens (born 1977) is a United States Magistrate Judge for the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida and is a nominee to be a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida.
Biography
Lammens received a Bachelor of Arts degree, cum laude, in 1999 from the University of Florida. He received a Juris Doctor, Order of the Coif and magna cum laude, in 2002, from the Fredric G. Levin College of Law at the University of Florida. He began his legal career serving as a law clerk to Judge William Terrell Hodges of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, from 2002 to 2004. He served as a law clerk to Judge Joel Fredrick Dubina of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, from 2004 to 2005. He worked in the United States Department of Justice’s Civil Division’s Torts Branch Constitutional and Specialized Tort Litigation Section, from 2005 to 2006. From 2006 to 2008, he served as Assistant General Counsel for the City of Jacksonville’s Office of General Counsel. From 2008 to 2012, he served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida. He has served as a United States Magistrate Judge for the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida since 2012.[1]
Nomination to district court
On April 28, 2016, President Obama nominated Lammens to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida, to the seat vacated by Judge John Richard Smoak, Jr., who took senior status on December 31, 2015. His nomination is currently pending before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[2]