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American judge (born 1948) For the American naturalist, see Frank Montgomery Hull.
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Frank Mays Hull
Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Incumbent
Assumed office
December 31, 2017
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
In office
September 18, 1997 – December 31, 2017
Appointed byBill Clinton
Preceded byPhyllis A. Kravitch
Succeeded byElizabeth L. Branch
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
In office
May 9, 1994 – October 2, 1997
Appointed byBill Clinton
Preceded byMarvin Herman Shoob
Succeeded byCharles A. Pannell Jr.
Judge of the Fulton County Superior Court of Georgia
In office
August 1990 – May 1994
Judge of the Fulton County State Court of Georgia
In office
November 1984 – August 1990
Personal details
BornFrank Mays Hull
(1948-12-09) December 9, 1948 (age 76)
Augusta, Georgia
SpouseAntonin "Tony" Aeck
EducationRandolph College (BA)
Emory University (JD)

Frank Mays Hull (born December 9, 1948) is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

Education

Hull graduated from the Academy of Richmond County in 1966, and received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Randolph-Macon Woman's College (now Randolph College) in 1970. She received her Juris Doctor from Emory University School of Law in 1973. She graduated cum laude, Order of the Coif, and was on the Law Review.

Legal career

Hull was a law clerk to Judge Elbert P. Tuttle of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit from 1973 to 1974. She was an associate attorney with the law firm Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy, in Atlanta, Georgia from 1974 to 1980 and a partner there from 1980 to 1984. She served as a Judge for the State Court of Fulton County, Georgia from 1984 to 1990, as a Judge for the Superior Court of Fulton County, Georgia from 1990 to 1994.

Federal judicial service

Hull was nominated by Bill Clinton on February 9, 1994, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia vacated by Marvin Herman Shoob. She was confirmed by the Senate on May 6, 1994, and received commission on May 9, 1994. Her service terminated on October 2, 1997, due to her elevation to the court of appeals.

She was nominated by President Bill Clinton on June 18, 1997, for the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit to a seat vacated by Phyllis A. Kravitch, who assumed senior status. She was confirmed by the United States Senate by a 96–0 vote on September 4, 1997. She received her commission on September 18, 1997. She assumed senior status on December 31, 2017.

References

  1. ^ Confirmation hearings on federal appointments : hearings before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Fifth Congress, first session, on confirmation of appointees to the federal judiciary. (1999)
  2. "Frank Mays Hull". rcboe.org. Academy of Richmond County. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  3. ^ Frank M. Hull at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
  4. ^ Bill Rankin and Ken Foskett, "Clinton to appoint ex-Fulton judge Hull", The Atlanta Constitution (May 3, 1997), p. D2.

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Preceded byMarvin Herman Shoob Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
1994–1997
Succeeded byCharles A. Pannell Jr.
Preceded byPhyllis A. Kravitch Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
1997–2017
Succeeded byElizabeth L. Branch
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