William Hand

Nonpartisan

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama

Years in office: 1989 - 2008

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Years in office: 1971 - 1989

Education

Bachelor's

University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, 1947

Law

University of Alabama Law, 1949

Personal

Birthplace

Mobile, AL

William Brevard Hand (1924-2008) was afederal judge on theUnited States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama.

Hand was nominated by PresidentRichard Nixon on July 26, 1971, to a seat vacated byDaniel Thomas; he was confirmed by the Senate on September 21, 1971, and received commission thenext day. He served aschief judge from 1981 until he assumedsenior status onJanuary 19, 1989. He served until his death onSeptember 6, 2008. Hand was succeeded in this position byRichard Vollmer.

Early life and education

• University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, B.S., 1947
• University of Alabama School of Law, LL.B., 1949

Professional career

• U.S. Army, 1943-1946
• Private practice, Mobile, Alabama, 1949-1971

Judicial career

Southern District of Alabama

Hand was nominated by PresidentRichard Nixon on July 26, 1971, to a seat vacated byDaniel Thomas; he was confirmed by the Senate on September 21, 1971, and received commission thenext day. He served aschief judge from 1981 until he assumedsenior status onJanuary 19, 1989.^[1] He served until his death onSeptember 6, 2008. Hand was succeeded in this position byRichard Vollmer.

External links

• 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)  •

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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