Alumnus Confirmed to Federal Bench

In a 98-0 vote, the U.S. Senate confirmed Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Darrin P. Gayles, JD '93, to a position on the federal bench. Judge Gayles will serve on one of the nation's busiest courts, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. When President Obama announced the nomination in February, he noted that Judge Gayles would be the first openly gay male African-American federal judge.