Kristi DuBose

Nonpartisan

United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama

Tenure

2005 - Present

Years in position

20

Education

Bachelor's

Huntington College, 1986

Law

Emory University School of Law, 1989

Personal

Birthplace

Brewton, AL

Contact

Official website

Kristi DuBose is afederal judge of theUnited States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama. She joined the court in 2005 after being nominated by PresidentGeorge W. Bush (R). She served as chief judge from 2017 to 2021.^[1]

Early life and education

A native of Brewton,Alabama, DuBose graduated from Huntington College with her bachelor's degree in 1986 and from Emory University School of Law with herJ.D. in 1989.^[1]

Professional career

• 2000 - Present:United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama
  • 2005 - Present: Judge
  • 2017 - 2021: Chief judge

• 2000-2005:Magistrate judge

• 1997-1999: Chief counsel, U.S. Sen.Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.)
• 1994-1996:Deputy attorney general,Alabama
• 1994: Assistant district attorney,Covington County, Ala.
• 1990-1993:Assistant U.S. attorney,Southern District of Alabama
• 1989-1990: Law clerk, Hon.Peter Beer,United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana^[1]

Judicial career

Southern District of Alabama

Nomination Tracker
Nominee Information
Name: Kristi DuBose
Court:United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama
Progress
Confirmed 84 days after nomination.
ANominated: September 28, 2005
AABA Rating:Substantial Majority Well Qualified, Minority Qualified
Questionnaire:
AHearing: November 15, 2005
Hearing Transcript:Hearing Transcript
QFRs:(Hover over QFRs to read more)
AReported: November 17, 2005
AConfirmed: December 21, 2005
AVote: Voice vote

DuBose was nominated by PresidentGeorge W. Bush on September 28, 2005, to a seat on theUnited States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama vacated by JudgeCharles Butler. TheAmerican Bar Association rated DuBoseSubstantial Majority Well Qualified, Minority Qualified for the nomination. Hearings on DuBose's nomination were held before theSenate Judiciary Committee on November 15, 2005, and her nomination was reported by U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) on November 17, 2005. DuBose was confirmed on a voice vote of theU.S. Senate on December 21, 2005, and she received her commission on December 27, 2005. DuBose served as thechief judge of the district court from 2017 to 2021.^[1][2][3]

Magistrate judge, Southern District of Alabama

DuBose was afederal magistrate judge for theUnited States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama from 2000 to 2005.^[1]

See also

• United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama
• United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit

External links

Suggest a link

• United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama
• United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit
• Judge DuBose's biography from theFederal Judicial Center

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama
Active judges	Chief Judge: Jeffrey Beaverstock  •  Terry F. Moorer  •  Kristi DuBose
Senior judges	Callie Granade  •  Charles Butler  •  William Steele  •
Magistrate judges	Katherine Nelson  •  Sonja Bivins  •  P. Bradley Murray  •
Former Article III judges	William Crawford (Alabama)  •  Charles Tait  •  John Gayle  •  William Giles Jones  •  Richard Busteed  •  George Washington Lane  •  John Bruce  •  Emmett Cox  •  Harry Theophilus Toulmin  •  Robert Tait Ervin  •  John McDuffie  •  Thomas Pittman  •  William Hand  •  Daniel Thomas (Alabama)  •  Richard Vollmer  •  Alex Howard (Alabama)  •  Margaret A. Mahoney (Alabama)  •  William S. Shulman  •
Former Chief judges	Callie Granade  •  Charles Butler  •  William Steele  •  Kristi DuBose  •  Thomas Pittman  •  William Hand  •  Daniel Thomas (Alabama)  •  Alex Howard (Alabama)  •

v • e Federal judges nominated byGeorge W. Bush
2001	Armijo •Bates •Beistline •Blackburn •Bowdre •Bunning •Bury •Caldwell •Camp •Cassell •Cebull •Clement •Clifton •Crane •Eagan •Engelhardt •Friot •Gibbons •Granade •Gregory •Gritzner •Haddon •Hartz •Heaton •Hicks •Howard •Johnson •Jorgenson •Krieger •Land •Leon •Mahan •Martinez •Martone •McConnell •Melloy •Mills •O'Brien •Parker •Payne •Prost •Reeves •Riley •Robinson •Rogers •Royal •Shedd •B. Smith •L. Smith •Walton •Wooten •Zainey
2002	Africk •Anderson •Autrey •Baylson •Cercone •Chesler •Clark •Collyer •Conner •Conti •Corrigan •Davis •Davis •Dorr •England •Ericksen •Fuller •Gardner •Godbey •Griesbach •Hanen •Hovland •Hudson •Jones •Jordan •Kinkeade •Klausner •Kugler •Leighton •Linares •Moses •Marra •Martinez •Martini •Mays •McVerry •Phillips •Raggi •Reade •Rose •Rufe •Savage •Schwab •Smith •St. Eve •Walter •White •Wolfson
2003	Adams •Altonaga •Bea •Benitez •Bennett •Boyle •Brack •Breen •Browning •Burns •Bybee •Callahan •Campbell •Cardone •Carney •Castel •Chertoff •Cohn •Colloton •Conrad •Coogler •Cook •Cooke •Crone •Der-Yeghiayan •Drell •Duffey •Duncan •Erickson •Feuerstein •Figa •Filip •Fischer •Fisher •Flanagan •Floyd •Frost •Gibson •Greer •Gruender •Guirola •Hall •Hardiman •Hayes •Herrera •Hicks •Holmes •Holwell •Hopkins •Houston •Irizarry •Jones •Junell •Karas •Kravitz •Martinez •McKnight •Minaldi •Montalvo •Mosman •Otero •Pickering •Prado •Pratter •Proctor •Quarles •Robart •Roberts •Robinson •Rodgers •Rodriguez •Sabraw •Sanchez •Saylor •Selna •Sharpe •Simon •Springmann •Stanceu •Steele •Stengel •Suko •Sutton •Sykes •Titus •Townes •Tymkovich •Van Antwerpen •Varlan •Wake •Wesley •White •Woodcock • Yeakel
2004	Alvarez •Benton •Boyko •Covington •Diamond •Harwell •Kelley •Schiavelli •Schneider •Starrett •Watson
2005	Alito •Barrett •Batten •Bianco •Brown •Burgess •Conrad •Cox •Crotty •Delgado-Colon •Dever •DuBose •Griffin •Griffith •Johnston •Kendall •Larson •Ludington •Mattice •McKeague •Neilson •Owen •Pryor •Roberts •Sandoval •Schiltz •Seabright •Smoak •Van Tatenhove •Vitaliano •Watkins •Zouhary
2006	Besosa •Bumb •Chagares •Cogan •Gelpi •Golden •Gordon •Gorsuch •Guilford •Hillman •Holmes •Ikuta •D. Jordan •K. Jordan •Kavanaugh •Miller •Moore •Shepherd •Sheridan •Smith •Whitney •Wigenton
2007	Anderson •Aycock •Bailey •Bryant •Davis •DeGiusti •Dow •Elrod •Fairbank •Fischer •Frizzell •Gutierrez •Hall •Hardiman •Haynes •Howard •Jarvey •Jones •Jonker •Kapala •Kays •Laplante •Limbaugh •Lioi •Livingston •Maloney •Mauskopf •Mendez •Miller •Neff •O'Connor •O'Grady •O'Neill •Osteen •Ozerden •Reidinger •Sammartino •Schroeder •Settle •Smith •Snow •Southwick •Suddaby •Sullivan •Thapar •Tinder •Van Bokkelen •Wood •Wright •Wu
2008	Agee •Anello •Arguello •Brimmer •Gardephe •Goldberg •Jones •Kethledge •Lawrence •Matsumoto •Melgren •Murphy •Scriven •Seibel •Slomsky •Trenga •Waddoups •White