James D. Whittemore

Quick Facts

Full Name	James D. Whittemore
Occupation	Judge
Date Of Birth	Aug 29, 1952(1952-08-29)
Age	72
Birthplace	Walterboro
Country	United States
Birth City	South Carolina
Horoscope	Virgo

James D. Whittemore Biography

James D. Whittemore is one of the most popular and richest Judge who was born on August 29, 1952 in Walterboro, South Carolina, United States.

In an order issued the morning of March 25, Whittemore denied the Schindlers’ amended motion. Regarding their ADA claim, Whittemore wrote that the law was inapplicable because Mr. Schiavo and the hospice in care of Terri Schiavo did not fall under the Act’s definition of “public entities”, nor was the withdrawal of the feeding tube based on discrimination against Schiavo on the basis of her disability. Their claim under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 was similarly flawed, in that no discrimination was present, and the United States Supreme Court had previously ruled that the Act did not apply to medical decisions. Their Eighth Amendment claim was also rejected by Whittemore, because the amendment’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment did not apply outside of criminal sanctions. Whittemore closed his order by conveying the court’s “appreciation for the difficulties and heartbreak the parties have endured through this lengthy process.” A panel of the same three Circuit judges who heard the first appeal affirmed his decision once again on March 25, with the judge who had previously dissented concurring in this second opinion. Rehearing was once again denied by the Eleventh Circuit on March 30, and the Supreme Court also once again denied a stay the same day. The case ended with Schiavo’s death on the morning of March 31.

Whittemore was born in Walterboro, South Carolina. He graduated with honors from the University of Florida in 1974 with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree, and then received his Juris Doctor from Stetson University Law School in 1977. He briefly worked at Bauer, Morlan & Wells, a small law firm in St. Petersburg, Florida, before becoming one of the original four federal public defenders in the Middle District of Florida in 1978. Whittemore returned to private practice in Tampa three years later as an associate at Whittemore & Seybold, and then at Whittemore & Campbell from 1982 until 1987. In 1985, Whittemore successfully argued before the United States Supreme Court in Wainwright v. Greenfield, 474 U.S. 284 (1986), that a criminal suspect’s silence after he received the Miranda warning could not be used at trial to discredit his insanity defense. Whittemore’s client had been convicted of sexual battery; the Court’s ruling secured him a new trial. From 1987 until 1990, Whittemore was a sole practitioner in Tampa.

James D. Whittemore Net Worth

James D. Whittemore is one of the richest Judge from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, James D. Whittemore 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

James David Whittemore (born August 29, 1952) is a Senior United States District Judge presently serving in the Tampa division of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida. He was previously a Florida state trial court judge, a federal public defender, and an attorney in private practice who won a criminal case before the United States Supreme Court. As a federal judge, Whittemore presided over a number of high-profile cases, including a lawsuit against Major League Baseball to challenge its draft procedure, and the Terri Schiavo case, after the United States Congress had specifically given the Middle District of Florida jurisdiction to hear the seven-year-long fight over whether the brain-damaged Schiavo should be taken off life support.

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Whittemore was randomly assigned to hear the Terri Schiavo case, a longstanding conflict between Schiavo’s husband, Michael Schiavo, and her parents, Robert and Mary Schindler, over whether she should be removed from life support. The Schindlers disputed that their daughter was in a persistent vegetative state or that she would have wanted to have life support withdrawn, but Schiavo, his expert witnesses, and court-appointed physicians had successfully argued the contrary before Florida trial court judge, George Greer. The case had worked its way through Florida state courts since 1998, was denied review four times by the United States Supreme Court, and was unsuccessfully challenged by the Florida Legislature before Schiavo’s feeding tube was ordered removed for the third time by Judge Greer. Shortly after midnight on March 21, 2005, the United States Congress passed an unprecedented law that gave the Middle District of Florida jurisdiction over the matter without any regard to previous state court decisions.

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Top Facts about James D. Whittemore

1. James D. Whittemore is a federal judge in Florida.
2. He was appointed by President George W. Bush in 2000.
3. Whittemore presided over the Terri Schiavo case in 2005.
4. He ruled against Schiavo’s parents’ request to keep her alive.
5. Whittemore has also presided over high-profile cases involving tobacco companies.
6. He received his law degree from Stetson University College of Law.
7. Prior to becoming a judge, he worked as an attorney and prosecutor.
8. Whittemore has served on various legal committees and boards throughout his career.
9. He was born in Ohio and raised in Florida.
10. Whittemore is known for being fair and impartial in his rulings.