John Antoon II

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name = John Antoon II
birth_date = 1946
birth_place = Bakersfield, California
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John Antoon II (born 1946) is an American lawyer and judge.

Antoon was born in 1946 in Bakersfield, California. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Florida Southern College in 1968 and his J.D. from Florida State University College of Law in 1971.

Antoon was a prosecutor for the City of Cocoa, Florida from 1971 to 1972 and was in private practice from 1971 to 1984. He an associate with Gleason, Walker, Pearson, and Shreve (1971) and as a partner with Shreve, Antoon, and Clifton (1972-1974), Antoon and Clifton, P.A. (1974-1976), and Stromire, Westman, Lintz, Baugh, McKinley, and Antoon, P.A. (1976-1984).He served as an assistant public defender for the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit of Florida from 1972 to 1976 and a circuit judge of the Eighteenth Circuit from 1985 to 1995, earning a Master of Science from the Florida Institute of Technology in 1993. Antoon served as a judge on the Florida Fifth District Court of Appeal from 1995 to 2000.

President Bill Clinton nominated Antoon to the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida on February 9, 2000, to the seat vacated by G. Kendall Sharp. Confirmed by the Senate on May 24, 2000, he received commission on May 31, 2000.

External links

* [http://www.satellitebeach.org/birthday/walloffame/jantoon.htm Profile] from the City of Satellite Beach Wall of Fame
* [http://clinton6.nara.gov/2000/02/2000-02-09-president-clinton-nominates-four-to-the-federal-bench.html Profile] from Clinton White House press release