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judge jill pryor
phone: 404-335-6525
College: William & Mary
Law school: Yale University
Born: 1963, Harrisburg, Pa.
previous Experience: Clerk for
Eleventh Circuit Judge J.L. Edmondson;
partner, Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore;
confirmed to Court September 2014,
more than 2½ years after she was
nominated by President Obama.
senior judge peter T. fay
phone: 305-579-4390
College: Rollins College, 1951
Law school: University of Florida, 1956
Born: Jan. 18, 1929, Rochester, N. Y.
previous Experience: Research clerk, Clayton, Duncan &
Arnow (Gainesville, Fla.), 1954-55; private practice (Miami),
1956-70; judge, U.S. District Court, Southern District of
Florida, 1970, appointed by President Richard M. Nixon, 1970;
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1976-81, appointed by
President Gerald R. Ford, 1976; reassigned to U.S. Court of
Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, 1981; assumed senior status, 1994.
senior judge james C. Hill
phone: 904-301-6630
fax: 904-301-5635
College: University of South
Carolina, 1948 (war interrupted)
Law school: Lamar School of Law,
Emory University, 1948
Born: Jan. 8, 1924, Darlington, S.C.
previous Experience: Private
practice, Atlanta, 1948-74; U.S.
District Judge, Northern District of
Georgia, 1974-76
senior judge R. Lanier Anderson
phone: 478-752-8101
Email: lanier_anderson@ca11.uscourts.gov
College: Yale University, 1958
Law school: Harvard University,
1961
Born: Nov. 12, 1936, Macon
previous Experience: Associate,
then partner, Anderson, Walker
& Reichert (Macon), 1961-79; U.S.
Army captain, 1961-63; appointed
to U.S. Court of Appeals by
President Jimmy Carter, 1979;
served as chief judge, 1999-2002.
senior judge susan H. Black
phone: 904-301-5610
College: Florida State University, 1964
Law school: University of Florida, J.D., 1967, University of
Virginia, LL.M., 1984
Born: Oct. 20, 1943, Valdosta
previous Experience: High school
teacher (Jacksonville, Fla.), 1967-
68; attorney, U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers (Jacksonville), 1968-69;
assistant state attorney, General
Counsel’s Office (Jacksonville),
1969-72; assistant general counsel,
city of Jacksonville, Fla., 1972-73;
judge, Duval County Court, 1973-
75; judge, Fourth Judicial Circuit,
state of Florida, 1975-79; judge, U.S. District Court, Middle
District of Florida, 1979-92, appointed by President Jimmy
Carter, 1979; chief judge, 1990-92; appointed to U.S. Court of
Appeals by President George H. W. Bush, 1992.
senior judge Emmett Ripley Cox
phone: 251-690-2055
fax: 251-694-4491
Email: judge_cox_chambers@ca11.uscourts.gov
College: University of Alabama, 1957
Law school: University of Alabama, 1959
Born: Feb. 13, 1935, Cottonwood, Ala.
previous Experience: Private
practice (Birmingham, Ala.), 1959-
64; private practice (Mobile, Ala.),
1964-81; judge, U.S. District Court,
Southern District of Alabama, 1981-
88, appointed by President Ronald
Reagan, 1981; judge, U.S. Court of
Appeals, 11th Circuit, appointed by
President Reagan, 1988; assumed
senior status, 2000.
