Kathryn Kimball Mizelle at a glance
- Current role
- Judge
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida
- Jurisdiction
- Florida · Federal
- Judicial service
- November 20, 2020–present
Kathryn Kimball Mizelle
Judge · U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida
Available research
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Biography
Professional career
- Professional Career: Adjunct professor, University of Florida Frederic G. Levin College of Law, 2020
- Professional Career: Counsel to the associate attorney general, U.S. Department of Justice (on detail), 2017-2018
- Professional Career: Law clerk, Hon. Gregory G. Katsas, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 2018
- Professional Career: Private practice, Washington, D.C., 2019-2020
- Professional Career: Law clerk, Hon. Clarence Thomas, Supreme Court of the United States, 2018-2019
- Professional Career: Law clerk, Hon. James S. Moody, Jr., U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, 2012-2013
- Professional Career: Law clerk, Hon. William H. Pryor, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, 2013-2014
- Professional Career: Trial attorney, Southern Criminal Enforcement Section, Tax Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 2014-2017
- Professional Career: Special assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of Virginia (on detail), 2014-2015
Education
- University of Florida Fredric G. Levin College of Law · J.D., 2012
- Covenant College · B.A., 2009
Personal record
Born 1987 · Lakeland
Courtroom rules and guidance
Civil Remote Testimony
In federal district-court civil proceedings, testimony is ordinarily taken in open court; remote contemporaneous testimony requires good cause in compelling circumstances and appropriate safeguards.
For good cause in compelling circumstances and with appropriate safeguards, the court may permit testimony in open court by contemporaneous transmission from a different location.Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court ↗
Criminal Recording And Broadcasting
Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception.
Except as otherwise provided by a statute or these rules, the court must not permit the taking of photographs in the courtroom during judicial proceedings or the broadcasting of judicial proceedings from the courtroom.Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited ↗
Sources
Federal Judicial Center biography
Identity source · HTML · checked July 25, 2026
https://www.fjc.gov/node/9219166Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court
Judge research source · HTML · checked July 26, 2026
https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedureFederal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited
Judge research source · HTML · checked July 26, 2026
https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts