Robert N. Scola, Jr. serves on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Judge Scola earned a bachelor's degree in 1977 from Brown University and a law degree in 1980 from Boston College School of Law.

From 1980 until 1986, Scola worked in the Miami-Dade Office of the State Attorney. From 1986 until 1995, he worked in private legal practice, both as a sole legal practitioner and also as a criminal defense attorney. In 1995, Scola became a judge on Florida's Eleventh Judicial Circuit presiding over criminal, civil and family law matters.

On May 4, 2011, President Obama nominated Judge Scola to serve as a judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Judge Scola would fill the seat vacated by Judge Paul Huck, who took senior status in August 2010. The United States Senate confirmed Judge Scola in a voice vote on October 19, 2011; he received his commission the following day.