Wilbur Owens

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia

Years in office: 1995 - 2010

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Years in office: 1972 - 1995

Successor:Hugh Lawson (Nonpartisan)

Education

Law

University of Georgia Law, 1952

Personal

Birthplace

Albany, GA

Wilbur Dawson Owens, Jr. (1930 - 2010) was anArticle III federal judge for theUnited States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia.^[1] He joined the court in 1972 after being nominated by PresidentRichard Nixon and served it until his death onApril 28, 2010.^[2]

Early life and education

Owens graduated from University of Georgia School of Law with hisBachelor of Laws degree in 1952 and also served in the U.S. Air Force on active duty from 1952 to 1954 and in the Reserves from 1954 to 1968.^[1]

Professional career

• Private practice, Albany, Georgia, 1954-1955
• Vice president and trust officer, Bank of Albany, Albany, Georgia, 1955-1959
• Secretary-treasurer, Southeastern Mortgage Company, Albany, Georgia, 1959-1962
• Assistant U.S. attorney,Middle District of Georgia, Macon, Georgia, 1962-1965
• Private practice, Macon, Georgia, 1965-1972^[1]

Judicial career

Owens was nominated to theUnited States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia by PresidentRichard M. Nixon onJanuary 21, 1972 to a seat vacated byWilliam Bootle. Owens was confirmed by the Senate onFebruary 17, 1972 and received his commission onMarch 1, 1972. Owens served as thechief judge of theMiddle District of Georgia from 1980 to 1995 before assumingsenior status onFebruary 1, 1995. He continued to serve the court on senior status until his death in 2010.^[1] Owens was succeeded in this position byHugh Lawson.

External links

• Judge Owens Biography from theFederal Judicial Center

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia
Active judges	Chief Judge: Leslie Abrams Gardner  •  Clay Land  •  Tilman E. Self III  •  Marc Thomas Treadwell
Senior judges	Willie Sands  •  Ashley Royal  •
Magistrate judges	Charles Weigle  •  Thomas Langstaff  •  M. Stephen Hyles  •
Former Article III judges	Hugh Lawson  •  Duross Fitzpatrick  •  Wilbur Owens  •  Bascom Sine Deaver  •  William Josiah Tilson  •  William Bootle  •  Abraham Conger  •  Thomas Davis (Georgia federal judge)  •  James Robert Elliott  •
Former Chief judges	Hugh Lawson  •  Duross Fitzpatrick  •  Wilbur Owens  •  Willie Sands  •  Clay Land  •  William Bootle  •  Thomas Davis (Georgia federal judge)  •  James Robert Elliott  •  Marc Thomas Treadwell  •

v • e Federal judges nominated byRichard Nixon
1969	Adams •Barlow •Battin •Brooks •Burger •Carswell •Clark •Garth •Gibbons •Goodwin •Hannum •Herman •Ingraham •Kilkenny •Lane •Levin •MacKinnon •McFadden •Middlebrooks •Parker •Robb •Trask •Widener •Wilkins •Williams •Wright
1970	Becker •Blackmun •Bogue •Bratcher •Bue •Conti •Cox •Ditter •Dupree •Eisele •Engel •Fay •Feikens •Fisher •Frey •Gorbey •Hill •Huyett •Kelleher •Kennedy •Kent •King •Kitchen •Knapp •Knox •Krupansky •McCune •McGarr •McWilliams •Mechem •J. Miller •W. Miller •Morton •Moye •Muir •O'Kelley •Oakes •Pell •Pointer •Pratt •Roney •Rosenn •Ross •Schnacke •Scott •Stapleton •Steger •Stevens •Teitelbaum •Thompson •Tjoflat •Toledo •Turrentine •Urbom •VanArtsdalen •Walinski •Wallace •Wangelin •Webster •Weis •Wellford •Wilkey •Winner •Wood
1971	Alaimo •Allen •A. Anderson •J. Anderson •Barrett •Bauer •Bauman •Benson •Blair •Blatt •Boe •Brieant •Broderick •Bryan Jr. •Byrne •Campbell •Chapman •Choy •Contie •Costantino •DeMascio •Denney •Dier •Doyle •Field •Finesilver •Flannery •Freeman •Gagliardi •Goodwin •Gordon •Green •Gurfein •Hall •Hand •Hodges •Holden •Hunter •Kunzig •Lacey •Lucas •Lydick •Mansfield •McGovern •McLaren •McMillen •Mulligan •Murray •Neaher •Newcomer •Newman •Nielsen •O'Connor •Oakes •Pierce •Powell •Rehnquist •Renfrew •Richey •Rosen •Rubin •Russell •Scalera •Sharp •Sprecher •Stephenson •Stuart •Timbers •Tone •Sickle •Varner •R. West •Williams • Young
1972	Bechtle •Bennett •Burns •Campbell •Carter •Coffrin •Duffy •Enright •Foreman •Freedman •Griesa •Hermansdorfer •Joiner •Kashiwa •King •Knapp •Lively •Mahon •Markey •Neill •Owens •Pesquera •Roettger •Skopil, Jr. •Stewart •Tauro •Turk •Wallace •H. Ward •R. Ward •Widener
1973	Biunno •Conner •Engel •Fogel •Garth •Gee •Guin •Hancock •Harvey •Marshall •Miller •Nangle •Owen •Reed •Schatz •Sharp •Skinner •Sneed •Snyder •Stern •Webster •Weis •Wood
1974	Alsop •Duncan •Firth •Gurfein •Hill •Matsch •McGlynn •Meanor •Miles •Morris •Orrick •Platt •Porter •Schwartz •Stagg •Tone •Voorhees •Warren •Warriner •Werker