Patricia Combs Fawsett (born August 21, 1943) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.
Patricia C. Fawsett
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida
Born 1943 in Montreal, Canada
FJC ID: 738
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 3/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 5/year
Florida Middle District Court · 1986–2008
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Female
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Private practice, Orlando, Florida1973–1986
Appointments
1986–2008 · Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Education
- University of Florida College of Law (now Fredric G. Levin College of Law)J.D. · 1973
- University of FloridaM.A.T. · 1966
- University of FloridaB.A. · 1965