Willie Louis Sands
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W. Louis Sands | |
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| Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia | |
| Assumed office April 12, 2014 | |
| Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia | |
| In office 2001–2006 | |
| Preceded by | Duross Fitzpatrick |
| Succeeded by | Hugh Lawson |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia | |
| In office May 9, 1994 – April 12, 2014 | |
| Appointed by | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Seat established by 104 Stat. 5089 |
| Succeeded by | Leslie Abrams Gardner |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 12, 1949 Bradley, Georgia, U.S. |
| Education | Mercer University (BA, JD) |
Willie Louis Sands (born April 12, 1949)[1] is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia.
Education and career
[edit]Sands was born in Bradley, Georgia. He received a Bachelor of Arts from Mercer University in 1971 and a Juris Doctor from Mercer University School of Law in 1974. He was a second lieutenant in the United States Army Reserve Signal Corps in 1974, remaining in the Reserve until 1980 reaching the rank of captain. He was an assistant district attorney of the Macon, Georgia Judicial Circuit from 1975 to 1978. He was an assistant United States attorney for the Middle District of Georgia from 1978 to 1987. He was in private practice in Macon from 1987 to 1991, and was a judge on the Superior Court, Macon Judicial District from 1991 to 1993.
Federal judicial service
[edit]On February 9, 1994, Sands was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a new seat on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia created by 104 Stat. 5089. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 6, 1994, and received his commission on May 9, 1994. He served as chief judge from 2001 to 2006. He assumed senior status on April 12, 2014.[2]
See also
[edit]- List of African-American federal judges
- List of African-American jurists
- List of first minority male lawyers and judges in Georgia
References
[edit]- ^ Hearings before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Third Congress, Second Session, on Confirmations of Appointees to the Federal Judiciary, March 25; April 21, 22, 29; May 12 and 25, 1994. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1996. p. 332.
- ^ Willie Louis Sands at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
Sources
[edit]- Willie Louis Sands at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
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- 1949 births
- Living people
- African-American judges
- Assistant United States Attorneys
- Georgia (U.S. state) state court judges
- Judges of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia
- Mercer University alumni
- Superior court judges in the United States
- United States district court judges appointed by Bill Clinton
- United States Army officers
- 20th-century American judges
- 21st-century American judges