Robert N. Scola, Jr.

Robert Nichols Scola Jr. (born October 30, 1955) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Early life and education

Scola earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1977 from Brown University and a Juris Doctor in 1980 from Boston College School of Law.

Career

From 1980 until 1986, Scola worked in the Miami-Dade Office of the State Attorney. The United States Senate confirmed Scola in a voice vote on October 19, 2011; he received his commission the following day. He assumed senior status on October 31, 2023.

Notable cases

On April 29, 2019, Scola, a cancer survivor, recused himself from a case against healthcare insurance company UnitedHealth Group#UnitedHealthcare, stating, that the company's denial of treatment was "immoral and barbaric" and that his opinions regarding would prevent him from "deciding this case fairly and impartially."