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Robert James

Nonpartisan

United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana

Tenure

2016 - Present

Years in position

9

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana

Years in office: 1998 - 2016

Education

Bachelor's

Louisiana Tech University, 1968

Law

Louisiana State University, Paul M. Hebert Law Center, 1971

Personal

Birthplace

Ruston, LA

Contact

Official website

Robert Gillespie James is afederal judge onsenior status with theUnited States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana. He joined the court in 1998 after being nominated by PresidentBill Clinton. James served aschief judge of the court from 2009 to 2012. He assumed senior status on May 31, 2016.^[1]

Early life and education

Born inRuston, Louisiana, James earned his bachelor's degree from Louisiana Tech University in 1968, and hisJ.D. from Louisiana State University Law School in 1971.^[1]

Professional career

• 1992-1998: Law instructor, Louisiana Tech University
• 1985-1998: Judge,Ruston City Court
• 1971-1995: Private practice,Ruston, La.^[1]

Judicial career

Western District of Louisiana

Nomination Tracker
Nominee Information
Name: Robert G. James
Court:United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana
Progress
Confirmed 185 days after nomination.
ANominated: January 27, 1998
AABA Rating:Unanimously Qualified
Questionnaire:
AHearing: June 18, 1998
QFRs:(Hover over QFRs to read more)
AReported: June 25, 1998
AConfirmed: July 31, 1998
AVote: Voice vote

James was nominated to theUnited States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana byBill Clinton onJanuary 27, 1998, to a seat vacated byJohn M. Shaw. TheAmerican Bar Association rated JamesUnanimously Qualified for the nomination.^[2] Hearings on James' nomination were held before theUnited States Senate Committee on the Judiciary on June 18, 1998, and his nomination was reported by U.S. Sen.Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) on June 25, 1998. James was confirmed on a voice vote of theU.S. Senate on July 31, 1998, and he received his commission on August 3, 1998. James served aschief judge of the court from 2009 to 2012. He assumedsenior status on May 31, 2016.^[1][3]

Media

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See also

• United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana
• United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit

External links

Suggest a link

• The Robing Room- Rate Judge James
• Judge James' biography from theFederal Judicial Center

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges nominated byBill Clinton
1993	Adams •Ambrose •Barnes •Brinkema •Bucklew •Chasanow •Coffman •Daughtrey •Ferguson •Ginsburg •Hagen •Jackson •Lancaster •Leval •Lindsay •Messitte •Michael •Piersol •Saris •Schwartz •Seybert •Shanahan •Shaw •Stearns •Trager •Vazquez •Wilken •Wilson
1994	Baer •Barkett •Batts •Beaty •Benavides •Bennett •Berrigan •Biery •Block •Borman •Breyer •Briones •Bryson •Bucklo •Burgess •Burrage •Cabranes •Calabresi •Carr •Casellas •Castillo •Chatigny •Chin •Cindrich •Coar •Collins •Cooper •Cote •Currie •Davis •Dominguez •Downes •Duval •Friedman •Furgeson •Garcia •Gertner •Gettleman •Gillmor •Gilmore •Gleeson •Haggerty •Hamilton •Hannah •Hawkins •Henry •Holmes •Hood •Hull •Hurley •Jack •Jones •Jones •Kaplan •Katz •Kern •Kessler •Koeltl •Lisi •Manning •McKee •McLaughlin •Melancon •Miles-LaGrange •Moore •Motz •Murphy •O'Malley •O'Meara •Oliver •Paez •B. Parker •F. Parker •R. Parker •Perry •Ponsor •Pooler •Porteous •Rendell • Riley •Robertson •Rogers •Ross •Russell •Sands •Sarokin •Scheindlin •Silver •Squatrito •Stewart •Sullivan •Tatel •Thompson •Timlin •Urbina •Vanaskie •Vance •Walls •Wells •Williams
1995	Arterton •Atlas •Black •Blake •Briscoe •Tena Campbell •Todd Campbell •Chesney •Cole •Collier •Daniel •Davis •Dennis •Dlott •Donald •Duffy •Economus •Evans •Fallon •Folsom •Gaughan •Goodwin •Heartfield •Hunt •Illston •Jones •King •Kornmann •Lawson •Lenard •Lucero •Lynch •McKinley •Moody •Moore •Moskowitz •Murphy •Murtha •Nugent •O'Toole •Orlofsky •Pogue •Sessions •C. Smith •O. Smith •Stein •Thornburg •Tunheim •Wallach •Wardlaw •Webber •Whaley •Winmill • Wood
1996	Broadwater •Clevert •Fenner •Gershon •Gottschall •Greenaway •Hinkle •Jones •Kahn •Laughrey •Lemmon •Marten •Miller •Molloy •Montgomery •Pregerson •Rakoff •Sargus •Tashima •Thomas •Zapata
1997	Adelman •Bataillon •Breyer •Caputo •Casey •Chambers •Clay •Damrell •Droney •Friedman •Gajarsa •Garland •Gilman •Gold •Gwin •Hall •Hayden •Hull •Ishii •Jenkins •Kauffman •Kennedy •Kimball •Kollar-Kotelly •Lazzara •Marbley •Marcus •Middlebrooks •Miller •Moon •Pratt •Rendell •Sippel •Siragusa •Snyder •Thrash
1998	Aiken •Barbier •Barzilay •Berman •Buttram •Carter •Collins •Dawson •Dimitrouleas •Fletcher •Fogel •Frank •Graber •Hellerstein •Herndon •James •Johnson •Kane •Kelly •G. King •R. King •Lasnik •Lee •Lemelle •Lindsay •Lipez •Manella •Matz •McCuskey •McKeown •McMahon •Mickle •Mollway •Mordue •Moreno •Morrow •Munley •Murphy •Pallmeyer •Pauley •Polster •Pooler •Rawlinson •Ridgway •R. Roberts •V. Roberts •Sack •Scott •Seitz •Seymour •Shea •Silverman •Sleet •Sotomayor •Steeh •Story •Straub •Tagle •Tarnow •Trauger •Traxler •Tyson •Wardlaw •Whelan •Young
1999	Alsup •Barry •Brown •Buchwald •Cooper •Eaton •Ellison •Feess •Fisher •Gould •Guzman •Haynes •Hibbler •Hochberg •Hurd •Huvelle •Jordan •Katzmann •Kennelly •Linn •Lorenz •Lynn •Marrero •Murguia •Pannell •Pechman •Pepper •Phillips •Schreier •Stewart •Underhill •Ward •Williams •Wilson
2000	Ambro •Antoon •Battani •Berzon •Bolton •Brady •Bye •Cavanaugh •Daniels •Darrah •Dawson •Dyk •Fuentes •Garaufis •Garcia-Gregory •Hamilton •Huck •Hunt •Lawson •Lefkow •Lynch •Martin •McLaughlin •Moody •Murguia •Paez •Pisano •Presnell •Rawlinson •Reagan •Schiller •Singal •Steele •Surrick •Swain •Tallman •Teilborg •Tucker •Whittemore

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana
Active judges	•  Maurice Hicks  •  Robert Summerhays  •  Terry A. Doughty  •  James Cain, Jr.  •  David Joseph  •  Jerry Edwards Jr.  •  Alexander Van Hook
Senior judges	Tucker Melancon  •  Donald Walter (Louisiana)  •  Dee Drell  •  James Trimble  •  Robert James  •  Elizabeth Erny Foote  •
Magistrate judges	Mark Hornsby  •  Joseph H.L. Perez-Montes  •  Carol B. Whitehurst  •  Kayla McClusky  •
Former Article III judges	Patricia Minaldi  •  Richard Haik  •  Rebecca Doherty  •  John Dick  •  Thomas Bolling Robertson  •  Samuel Hadden Harper  •  Philip Kissick Lawrence  •  Theodore Howard McCaleb  •  Henry Boyce  •  Alexander Boarman  •  John Duhe  •  W. Eugene Davis  •  George Whitfield Jack  •  Tom Stagg  •  Gaston Porterie  •  Benjamin Dawkins, Jr.  •  Benjamin Dawkins, Sr.  •  Edwin Hunter  •  F.A. Little  •  Richard Putnam  •  Nauman Scott  •  John Shaw (Louisiana)  •  Earl Veron  •  Michael Juneau  •
Former Chief judges	Richard Haik  •  Tom Stagg  •  Dee Drell  •  Benjamin Dawkins, Jr.  •  Benjamin Dawkins, Sr.  •  Edwin Hunter  •  F.A. Little  •  Nauman Scott  •  John Shaw (Louisiana)  •