Judge Roy K. Altman Interrogates Six Claims Against Israel

Judge Roy K. Altman on his new book, "Israel on Trial: Examining the History, the Evidence, and the Law."On April 4, 2019, Judge Altman was confirmed to a seat on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. At 36, he became the youngest federal district court judge in the country—and the youngest federal judge ever appointed in the Southern District of Florida. Judge Altman received a BA from Columbia University, where he played quarterback on the football team and pitched for the baseball team—earning All-Ivy honors. He received his JD from the Yale Law School, where he was projects editor of the Yale Law Journal. After law school, the Judge clerked on the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals for the Honorable Stanley Marcus. He then became a federal prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Miami, where he twice received the Director of the Executive Office of U.S. Attorneys’ Award for Superior Performance by a federal prosecutor. In 2013, Judge Altman was named “Federal Prosecutor of the Year” by the Miami Dade Chiefs of Police and the Law Enforcement Officers’ Charitable Foundation. Recorded April 14, 2026 at UATX. Apply Now⁠⁠ ⁠⁠uaustin.org⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠⁠X⁠⁠