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James L. Edmondson

Nonpartisan

United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit

Tenure

2012 - Present

Years in position

13

Prior offices:

United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit

Years in office: 1986 - 2012

Education

Bachelor's

Emory University, 1968

Law

University of Georgia School of Law, 1971

Graduate

University of Virginia School of Law, 1990

Personal

Birthplace

Jasper, GA

Contact

Official website

James Larry Edmondson is afederal judge onsenior status with theUnited States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit. He joined the court in 1986 after being nominated by PresidentRonald Reagan.^[1]

Early life and education

Born in Jasper,Georgia, Edmondson earned his B.A. from Emory University in 1968, hisJ.D. from the University of Georgia School of Law in 1971, and hisLL.M. from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1990.^[1]

Professional career

• 1975-1984: Instructor, University of Georgia School of Law
• 1973-1986: Private practice, Lawrenceville,Ga.
• 1973: Private practice, Jasper, Ga.
• 1971-1973: Law clerk, Hon.Sidney Smith,United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia^[1]

Judicial career

11th Circuit Court of Appeals

Nomination Tracker
Nominee Information
Name: James Larry Edmondson
Court:United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit
Progress
Confirmed 34 days after nomination.
ANominated: March 26, 1986
AABA Rating:
Questionnaire:
AHearing: April 16, 1986
QFRs:(Hover over QFRs to read more)
AReported: April 24, 1986
AConfirmed: April 29, 1986
AVote: Voice vote

Edmondson was nominated to theUnited States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit by PresidentRonald Reagan on March 26, 1986, to a seat vacated byAlbert Henderson. Hearings on Edmondson's nomination were held before theUnited States Senate Committee on the Judiciary on April 16, 1986, and his nomination was reported by U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.) on April 24, 1986. Edmondson was confirmed on a voice vote of theU.S. Senate on April 29, 1986, and he received his commission on May 7, 1986. Edmondson served aschief judge of the court from 2002 to 2009. He assumedsenior status on July 15, 2012.^[1][2] He was succeeded in this position by JudgeJulie Carnes.

See also

• United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit

External links

Suggest a link

• Judge Edmondson's biography from theFederal Judicial Center
• Judge Edmondson's biography from theEleventh Circuit website

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served theU.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Active judges	Chief Judge: William Pryor  •  Adalberto Jordan  •  Barbara Lagoa  •  Robin Rosenbaum  •  Jill Pryor  •  Elizabeth Branch  •  Robert J. Luck  •  Britt Grant  •  Kevin Newsom  •  Andrew Brasher  •  Embry Kidd  •  Nancy Gbana Abudu
Senior judges	Stanley Marcus  •  Julie Carnes  •  Robert Lanier Anderson  •  Gerald Tjoflat  •  James Edmondson (Federal judge)  •  Joel Dubina  •  Susan Black (Eleventh Circuit)  •  Frank Hull  •  Charles Wilson (Florida)  •  Edward Carnes  •
Former judges	Beverly Martin  •  Peter Fay  •  John Godbold  •  Phyllis Kravitch  •  Joseph Hatchett  •  Albert Henderson  •  Paul Roney  •  David Dyer  •  Elbert Tuttle  •  Thomas Clark (Eleventh Circuit)  •  Richard Rives  •  Robert Vance  •  Lewis Morgan  •  Emmett Cox  •  Stanley Birch  •  Rosemary Barkett  •  James Hill (Federal judge)  •  Warren Leroy Jones  •  John Bryan Simpson  •  Frank M. Johnson, Jr.  •
Former Chief judges	John Godbold  •  Robert Lanier Anderson  •  Gerald Tjoflat  •  Joseph Hatchett  •  James Edmondson (Federal judge)  •  Paul Roney  •  Joel Dubina  •  Edward Carnes  •

v • e Federal judges nominated byRonald Reagan
1981	Bartlett •Beam •Becker •Bork •Cacheris •Cardamone •Chapman •Coughenour •Cox •Crow •Cyr •Doumar •Eschbach •Forrester •Garwood •Gibson •Glasser •Hall •Hamilton •Head •Jones •Kiser •Krenzler •Lee •Magnuson •McLaughlin •Miner •Moore •Nowlin •O'Connor •Pierce •Posner •Potter •Russell •Ryan •Shabaz •Sprizzo •Stevens •Waters •Wilhoit •Wilkins •Winter
1982	Acker •Acosta •Altimari •Bell •Bissell •Black •Bullock •Caldwell •Coffey •Contie •Coyle •Dowd •Fagg •Fong •Fox •Gadbois •Gibson •Ginsburg •Hart •Higginbotham •Hogan •Irving •Jackson •Jolly •Kanne •Kovachevich •Krupansky •Lynch •Mansmann •McNamara •Mencer •Mentz •Mihm •Moody •Nordberg •Paul •Pieras •Plunkett •Porfilio •Potter •Pratt •Rafeedie •Restani •Roberts •Scalia •Selya •Telesca •Wellford
1983	Baldock •Barbour •Barry •Bowman •Carman •Carter •Curran •Davis •Dorsey •Feldman •Fish •Flaum •Gibbons •Hallanan •Harris •Hinojosa •Hull •Hupp •Katz •Keenan •Kelly •Kram •Laffitte •Limbaugh, Sr. •Limbaugh, Sr. •Milburn •Nesbitt •Nevas •O'Neill •Rymer •Sharp •Starr •Vinson •Vukasin •Wexler • Woods
1984	Barker •Beezer •Biggers •Billings •Bissell •Boyle •Brewster •Browning •DiCarlo •Duhe •Garcia •George •Hall •Hargrove •Higgins •Hill •Holland •Ideman •Jarvis •Keller •Leavy •Lee •Legge •Leisure •Little •Livaudais •Longobardi •McKibben •Milburn •Newman •Norgle •Prado •Rea •Rosenblatt •Rovner •Scirica •Smith, Jr. •Sneeden •Stotler •Suhrheinrich •Torruella •Wiggins •Wilkinson
1985	Alley •Altimari •Anderson •Aquilino •Archer •Arnold •Baldock •Batchelder •Battey •Broomfield •Brown •Brown •Brunetti •Buckley •Cobb •Conmy •Cowen •Davidson •Dimmick •Duff •Easterbrook •Edgar •Farnan •Fernandez •Fitzpatrick •Fuste •Greene •Gunn •Guy •Hall •Hilton •Holderman •Hughes •Johnson •Jones •Korman •Kozinski •La Plata •Leinenweber •Letts •Lovell •Ludwig •Maloney •Mansmann •Marcus •McDonald •Meredith •Miller •Mills •Miner •Motz •Nelson •Noonan •Porfilio •Revercomb •Rhoades •Ripple •Rodriguez •Rosenbaum •Roth •Ryan •Sam •Scott •Sentelle •Silberman •Sporkin •Stanton •Stapleton •Strand •Strom •Tacha •Tevrizian •Thompson •Todd •Tsoucalas •Walker •Walter •Weber •Williams •Wilson •Wingate •Wolf •Wollman •Young •Zloch
1986	Anderson •Boggs •Bryan •Cedarbaum •Cholakis •Conway •Davies •Dearie •Dubina •Duggan •Edmondson •Fawsett •Fitzwater •Gex •Graham •Hackett •Hansen •Henderson •Hittner •Howard •Jensen •Kay •Kleinfeld •Kosik •Lagueux •Lechner •Magill •Mahoney •Manion •McAvoy •McQuade •Norris •O'Scannlain •Rehnquist •Ryskamp •Scalia •Selya •Simpson •Smalkin •Spencer •Stiehl •Wilkins •Williams •Woodlock •Zatkoff
1987	Alesia •Beam •Bell •Conboy •Cowen •Cummings •Daronco •Doty •Dwyer •Ebel •Ellis •Gadola •Gawthrop •Greenberg •Harrington •Howard •Hoyt •Hutchinson •Kanne •Kelly •Larimer •Leavy •Lew •Marsh •Mayer •McKinney •Michel •Mukasey •Musgrave •Niemeyer •Parker •Phillips •Politan •Pro •Raggi •Reasoner •Reed •Scirica •Sentelle • Smith •Smith •Stadtmueller •Standish •Tinder •Torres •Trott •Turner •Van Antwerpen •Voorhees •Webb •Whipple •Wolin •Wolle •Wood •Zagel
1988	Arcara •Babcock •Brorby •Butler •Cambridge •Camp •Conlon •Cox •Dubois •Duhe •Ezra •Forester •Friedman •Garza •Hutton •Jordan •Kennedy •Lake •Lamberth •Lifland •Lozano •Marovich •Nygaard •Patterson •Schell •Smith •Smith •Tilley •Waldman •Zilly