Raag Singhal

Hon. Raag Singhal

United States District Judge, United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida

On December 20, 2019, Raag Singhal received his judicial commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.  Judge Singhal is the first Asian American in history to serve as an Article III judge in the jurisdiction of the Eleventh Circuit (Alabama, Georgia and Florida).

Immediately prior to becoming a federal judge, Judge Singhal spent eight years as a State Circuit Court Judge in Broward County, Florida, having been appointed by then-Governor Rick Scott in 2011.  During that period of time, Singhal served, at times, in the Criminal, Civil and Mental Health divisions and was fortunate enough to sit as an Associate Judge on Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeal on four occasions.  

As a lawyer, Singhal gained experience at a civil litigation firm followed by three years as an Assistant State Attorney.  After that, Singhal ran a successful criminal defense practice in Fort Lauderdale for eighteen years.  During that time, he handled more than two hundred jury trials including thirty first-degree murder cases.

Judge Singhal has had leadership roles in many law-related groups.  He is past-President of the Broward Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the Stephen H. Booher Chapter of the American Inns of Court.  He was on the Board of Directors of the Broward County Bar Association, and is a frequent speaker at events for various local Bar groups such as the Asian Pacific American Bar Association and the Federalist Society.  Singhal was also Associate Dean of the Florida College for Advanced Judicial Studies upon his elevation to the federal court system.

Judge Singhal received his law degree from Wake Forest University School of Law in 1989 where he was very active in Moot Court activities, and was on the winning team of the J. Braxton Craven National Moot Court Competition (4th Amendment).  He received his undergraduate degree in Political Science from Rice University in 1986. 

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