Robert J. Luck

Robert Joshua Luck (born March 17, 1979) is a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and a former Justice of the Florida Supreme Court. A Miami native, he has previously served as an Assistant United States Attorney and as a judge on the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court of Florida and then the Florida Third District Court of Appeal.

Luck was born in South Miami, Florida, in 1979. He grew up in North Miami Beach. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in economics in 2000 from the University of Florida. He received his Juris Doctor from the Fredric G. Levin College of Law at the University of Florida in 2004.

From 2006 to 2008, Luck served as a full-time law clerk for Edward Earl Carnes of the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. In 2008, he returned to Miami as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida.

He was appointed to the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court of Florida in June 2013 by Rick Scott. He was later appointed to the Florida Third District Court of Appeal in March 2017, where he served as a judge.

On January 14, 2019, Governor Ron DeSantis chose Luck to be a Justice on the Supreme Court of Florida.

On September 12, 2019, President Trump announced his intent to nominate Luck to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. On October 15, 2019, his nomination was sent to the Senate. President Trump nominated Luck to the seat being vacated by Judge Gerald Bard Tjoflat, who previously announced his intention to take senior status on a date to be determined. On October 16, 2019, a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee. On November 7, 2019, his nomination was reported out of committee by a vote of 16–6. On November 18, 2019, the Senate invoked cloture by a vote of 61–30. On November 19, 2019, the Senate confirmed his nomination by a vote of 64–31. He received his judicial commission the same day.