Judge Jacqueline Becerra was appointed to the Southern District of Florida by President Joseph R. Biden in 2024, confirmed by the Senate on February 27, 2024. Born in 1970 in Miami Beach, Florida, the daughter of two Cuban immigrants, she grew up in Hialeah. She joined the U.S. Department of Justice through its Honors Program after law school and later spent fourteen years as a shareholder at Greenberg Traurig, P.A., where she worked in the Litigation and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act practices. She previously served as a U.S. Magistrate Judge for the Southern District of Florida from January 5, 2019 to February 29, 2024.
Education
- Yale Law School, J.D., 1994
- University of Miami, B.A., 1991
Career
- U.S. Magistrate Judge, Southern District of Florida, 2019–2024
- Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig, P.A., Miami, 2004–2018
- Special Counsel, U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Florida, 2002–2004
- Assistant U.S. Attorney, Southern District of Florida, 1999–2002
- Assistant U.S. Attorney, District of Columbia, 1997–1999
- Attorney, Civil Division Federal Programs Branch, U.S. Department of Justice, 1994–1997