The Southern District of Florida has a new magistrate judge. Detra Shaw-Wilder was officially appointed to the bench, effective September 2, 2025. The administrative order is below.
Judge
Shaw-Wilder is a graduate of the University of Florida and the University of
Miami School of Law. She brings decades of litigation experience to the federal
judiciary. Prior to her appointment, she was a partner at Kozyak Tropin &
Throckmorton, where she handled complex commercial litigation, corporate
disputes, and high-stakes arbitration matters. This makes her the fourth judge
on the Southern District of Florida bench that was associated with Koyzak Tropin
Throckmorton, joining Judge Huck, Judge Isicoff, and Judge Lopez-Castro.
Despite
strong recommendations and near-universal praise, Judge Shaw-Wilder’s appointment
follows a stalled nomination for a district court judgeship by President Biden
in 2024, which was ultimately returned by the Senate in early 2025 after
Florida’s senators withheld their blue slips. She now joins the bench as a
magistrate judge and will sit in Fort Lauderdale.
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