Kyle Christopher Dudek at a glance
- Current role
- Judge
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida
- Jurisdiction
- Florida · Federal
- Judicial service
- September 11, 2025–present
Kyle Christopher Dudek
Judge · U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida
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Biography
Professional career
- Professional Career: Staff attorney, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York, 2012-2013
- Professional Career: Law clerk, Hon. James C. Cacheris, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, 2013-2014
- Professional Career: Private practice, Fort Myers, Florida, 2016-2022
- Professional Career: Law clerk, Hon. Jonathan Thacher, Virginia Circuit Court, Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, 2010-2011
- Professional Career: Law clerk, Hon. G. Steven Agee, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 2014-2016
- Professional Career: Private practice, Tysons, Virginia, 2011-2012
- Professional Career: Adjunct professor, Ave Maria School of Law, 2019
Education
- Cornell University · B.S., 2007
- George Mason University School of Law (now Antonin Scalia Law School) · J.D., 2010
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/13762049Federal 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