Timothy M. Cain

Nonpartisan

United States District Court for the District of South Carolina

Tenure

2011 - Present

Years in position

14

Education

Bachelor's

University of South Carolina, 1983

Law

University of South Carolina School of Law, 1986

Personal

Birthplace

Seneca, SC

Timothy Martin Cain is thechief judge on theUnited States District Court for the District of South Carolina. He joined the court in 2011 after a nomination from PresidentBarack Obama. In 2024, Cain became the chief judge of the court.^[1]

Early life and education

A native ofSeneca, South Carolina, Cain earned his bachelor's degree from the University of South Carolina in 1983 and hisJ.D. from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1986.^[1]

Professional career

• 2011 - Present: Judge,United States District Court for the District of South Carolina
  • 2024 - Present: Chief judge
• 2000-2011: Judge,South Carolina Tenth Judicial Circuit Family Court
• 1992-2000: County attorney,Oconee County, S.C.
• 1990-2000: Private practice,Seneca, S.C.
• 1988-1989: Assistant solicitor, South Carolina Tenth Judicial Circuit
• 1987: Assistant public defender, Seneca, S.C.
• 1986-1988: Private practice,Walhalla, S.C.^[1]

Judicial career

District of South Carolina

Nomination Tracker
Nominee Information
Name: Timothy M. Cain
Court:United States District Court for the District of South Carolina
Progress
Confirmed 216 days after nomination.
ANominated: February 16, 2011
AABA Rating:Unanimously Qualified
Questionnaire:Questionnaire
AHearing: May 4, 2011
Hearing Transcript:Hearing Transcript
QFRs:QFRs(Hover over QFRs to read more)
AReported: May 26, 2011
AConfirmed: September 20, 2011
AVote: 99-0

OnFebruary 16, 2011, PresidentBarack Obama nominated Cain to a seat on theUnited States District Court for the District of South Carolina vacated byPatrick Duffy. TheAmerican Bar Association rated CainUnanimously Qualified for the nomination. Hearings on Cain's nomination were held before theSenate Judiciary Committee on May 4, 2011, and his nomination was reported by U.S. Sen.Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) on May 26, 2011. Cain was confirmed on a recorded 99-0 vote of theU.S. Senate on September 20, 2011, and he received his commission on September 26, 2011.^[1][2][3] Cain became chief judge of the court in 2024.^[1]

See also

• United States District Court for the District of South Carolina
• United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit

External links

Suggest a link

• Judge Cain's biography from theFederal Judicial Center

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the District of South Carolina
Active judges	Chief Judge: Timothy M. Cain  •  David Norton (South Carolina judge)  •  Bruce Hendricks  •  Richard Mark Gergel  •  Mary Geiger Lewis  •  Jacquelyn Austin  •  Donald Coggins Jr.  •  Sherri Lydon  •  Joseph Dawson (South Carolina)
Senior judges	Joseph Anderson  •  Henry Herlong  •  Cameron Currie  •  Terry Wooten  •  Robert Harwell  •
Magistrate judges	Robert Buchanan  •  Paige Jones Gossett  •  Thomas Rogers  •  Shiva Hodges  •  Kevin McDonald (South Carolina)  •  Kaymani West  •  Mary Gordon Baker  •  Molly Cherry  •
Former Article III judges	Thomas Bee  •  William Drayton  •  John Drayton  •  Thomas Lee  •  Robert Budd Gilchrist  •  Andrew Gordon Magrath  •  George Seabrook Bryan  •  William Hiram Brawley  •  Clyde Hamilton  •  William Traxler  •  Dennis Shedd  •  Charles Henry Simonton  •  Henry Augustus Middleton Smith  •  Joseph Travis Johnson  •  George Anderson  •  Patrick Duffy  •  Margaret Seymour  •  Henry Floyd  •  Henry Hitt Watkins  •  Ernest Ford Cochran  •  Robert Chapman  •  John Lyles Glenn  •  Francis Kerschner Myers  •  Charles Wyche  •  Falcon Hawkins  •  Robert Hemphill  •  Donald S. Russell  •  Charles Simons  •  Charles Weston Houck  •  Matthew Perry  •  George Timmerman  •  Julius Waring  •  William Walter Wilkins  •  Ashton Williams  •  J. Michelle Childs  •  James Robert Martin, Jr.  •  A. Marvin Quattlebaum Jr.  •
Former Chief judges	David Norton (South Carolina judge)  •  Joseph Anderson  •  Margaret Seymour  •  Terry Wooten  •  Robert Harwell  •  Falcon Hawkins  •  Robert Hemphill  •  Charles Simons  •  Solomon Blatt  •  Charles Weston Houck  •  James Robert Martin, Jr.  •

v • e Federal judges nominated byBarack Obama
Nominated	Federal judges nominated by Barack Obama