Though he may not be for much longer, as of today, Judge Artau is still our newest federal judge. And Thursday, the Miami chapter of the Federal Bar Association hosted its "Meet Judge Artau" event. Judge Singhal asked the questions, and we got to learn a few things about the judge. Most notably for the trial lawyers out there, Judge Artau gives 30 minutes for voir dire! That’s 30 minutes for each side, to be clear. Judge Artau was also asked whether, during his lawyer days, he appeared before any judges that he admired or may want to emulate as a judge. He mentioned Judge Moreno, noting that he had tried a case in front of him and that his sense of humor helped keep things light.
We also got some bonus info about Judge Singhal. While attending Rice University, he hosted a classic rock radio show.
Special guests at the lunch included several state court judges (Judge Norma Lindsay of the Third DCA and Judge Mark Klingensmith of the Fourth DCA) and federal judges (Judge Gayles, Judge Huck, and Judge Wendy Berger from the Middle District of Florida).
2 comments:
Kudos to the judge for giving voir dire. Our district is weird where some judges don't give any attorney voir dire. Most judges around the country and even many in our district do so, including Middlebrooks, Altonaga, Ruiz, and most of the good ones. Glad he's not in the Moore school of thought.
If the purpose of voir dire is to ensure that the jury is impartial and can return a verdict or make findings as required by the law and the evidence (and not, say, to elicit jurors' views on the evidence to be presented at trial), then why do you need to allow lawyers to conduct voir dire?
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