James McMillan

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina

Years in office: 1989 - 1995

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Years in office: 1968 - 1989

Education

Bachelor's

University of North Carolina, 1937

Law

Harvard Law School, 1940

Personal

Birthplace

Goldsboro, NC

James Bryan McMillan (1916-1995) was afederal judge on theUnited States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina.^[1]

McMillan was nominated by PresidentLyndon Johnson on April 25, 1968, to a seat vacated byWilson Warlick; he was confirmed by the Senate on June 6, 1968, and received commissionthe next day. He assumedsenior status onSeptember 1, 1989, and served until his death onMarch 4, 1995.^[1] McMillan was succeeded in this position byGraham Mullen.

Early life and education

• University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, A.B., 1937
• Harvard Law School, LL.B., 1940^[1]

Professional career

• Staff attorney, State Attorney General's Office, North Carolina, 1940-1942
• U.S. Navy Senior Lieutenant, 1942-1946
• Private practice, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1946-1968
• Judge pro tem, Charlotte City Court, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1947-1951
• Lecturer, University of North Carolina School of Law, 1975-1979
• Lecturer, University of Florida College of Law, 1979-1980^[1]

Judicial nominations and appointments

Western District of North Carolina

McMillan was nominated by PresidentLyndon Johnson on April 25, 1968, to a seat vacated byWilson Warlick; he was confirmed by the Senate on June 6, 1968, and received commissionthe next day. He assumedsenior status onSeptember 1, 1989, and served until his death onMarch 4, 1995.^[1] McMillan was succeeded in this position byGraham Mullen.

External links

• Judge McMillan's Biography from theFederal Judicial Center

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina
Active judges	Chief Judge: Martin Reidinger  •  Max O. Cogburn, Jr.  •  Kenneth Bell (North Carolina)
Senior judges	Robert Conrad  •  Graham Mullen  •  Frank Whitney  •  Richard Voorhees  •
Magistrate judges	David Keesler  •  W. Carleton Metcalf  •
Former Article III judges	Robert Paine Dick  •  James Edmund Boyd  •  Hamilton Glover Ewart  •  Lacy Thornburg  •  Edwin Yates Webb  •  James Craven  •  David Ezekiel Henderson (Federal judge)  •  Woodrow Jones  •  Harold Brent McKnight  •  James McMillan  •  Wilson Warlick  •  Robert Potter  •
Former Chief judges	Graham Mullen  •  Richard Voorhees  •  James Craven  •  Woodrow Jones  •  Wilson Warlick  •  Robert Potter  •

v • e Federal judges nominated byLyndon Johnson
1964	Anderson •Bratton •Christie •Collins •Cowen •Davis •Ely •Freedman •Gordon •Higginbotham •McNichols •Muecke •Nichols •Port •Rabinovitz •Robinson •Simons •Suttle •Weber •Whelan •Zampano
1965	Bryant •Celebrezze •Coffin •Coleman •Collinson •Corcoran •Doyle •Eubanks •Fortas •Frankel •Gasch •Gibson •Gordon •Harris •Hemphill •Hill •Hunter •Landis •Langley •Leventhal •Maxwell •McEntee •Mehrtens •Nichol •Reynolds •Russell •Smith •Tamm •Thornberry •Young
1966	Ainsworth •Atkins •Boyle •Cabot •Cassibry •Copple •Craven •Cummings •Dyer •Fairchild •Feinberg •Ferguson •Fullam •Garrity •Godbold •Goldberg •Goodwin •Gray •Guinn •Harvey •Hauk •Heaney •Heebe •Hickey •Hogan •Kaufman •Kinneary •Krentzman •Lay •Leddy •Lord •Lynch •MacKenzie •Mansfield •McCree •McRae •Mitchell •Motley •Napoli •Nichols •Noland •Peck II •Peckham •Pettine •Pittman •Porter •Real •Roberts •Robinson •Robinson •Rubin •Russell •Scott •Seals •Seitz •Simpson •Singleton •Skelton •Smith •Smith •Taylor •Thomas •von der Heydt •Watson •Winter • Wise
1967	Arnow •Beckworth •Belloni •Butzner •Cancio •Carter •Clayton •Combs •Comiskey •Curtin •Eaton •Edenfield •Fernandez-Badillo •Gesell •Gordon •Jones •Keith •Kellam •Lambros •Maletz •Marshall •Masterson •Merhige •Morgan •Murray •Neville •Pollack •Pregerson •Theis •Troutman •Van Dusen •Waddy •Weiner •Weinstein •Whipple •Williams
1968	Aldisert •Baldwin •Bownes •Bright •Green •Gubow •Henderson •Holloway •Hufstedler •Judd •Justice •Keady •Kerner, Jr. •Lasker •Latchum •Lawrence •McMillan •Morgan •Newman •Nixon •Pratt •Re •Rosenstein •Schwartz •Smith •Stahl •Travia •Woodward