Robert Lewis Hinkle

Personal

Birthday: 
1951
Birthplace: 
Apalachicola, FL
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

Law clerk, Hon. Irving Goldberg, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1976-1977
Private practice, Atlanta, Georgia, 1977-1978
Private practice, Tallahassee, Florida, 1978-1996
Adjunct professor of law, Florida State University, 1981

Education

Name of School: 
Florida State University
Degree: 
B.A.
Degree Year: 
1972
Name of School - Second: 

Harvard Law School

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Degree - Second: 
J.D.
Degree Year - Second: 
1976

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
U. S. District Court, Northern District of Florida
Court Name: 

Florida Northern District Court

President Nominating: 
William J. Clinton
Party Affiliation of President: 
Democratic
Commission Date: 
8/1/1996