Carl Stewart
| Carl Stewart | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | |
| Title: | Chief Judge |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Bill Clinton |
| Active: | 05/09/1994 - Present |
| Chief: | 10/1/2012 - Present |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1950 |
| Home State: | Louisiana |
| Bachelors: | Dillard University, 1971 |
| Law School: | Loyola University New Orleans School of Law, 1974 |
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Carl E. Stewart is a federal appeals judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He joined the court in 1994 after being nominated by President Bill Clinton. He became Chief Judge on October 1, 2012.[1][2]
Early life and education
Stewart graduated from Dillard with his Bachelor's degree in 1971 and graduated from Loyola-New Orleans Law with his Juris Doctor degree in 1974. [1]
Professional career
- U.S. Army Captain, JAG Corps, 1975-1977
- Private practice, Shreveport, Louisiana, 1977-1978
- Staff attorney, Louisiana State Attorney General's Office, 1978-1979
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Western District of Louisiana, 1979-1983
- Private practice, Shreveport, Louisiana, 1983-1985[1]
Judicial career
- Judge, First Judicial District Court of Louisiana, 1985-1991
- Judge, Second Circuit Court of Appeal, State of Louisiana, 1991-1994[1]
Fifth Circuit
Stewart was nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit by Bill Clinton on January 27, 1994 to a new seat created by 104 Stat. 5089 which was approved by Congress. Stewart was confirmed by the Senate on May 6, 1994 on a majority voice vote and received commission on May 9, 1994. [3]
Awards and associations
- 2010 Vice president, American Inns of Court Board of Trustees [4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Judge Stewart's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center
- ↑ 11 Alive, "First black chief judge appointed to US 5th Circuit Court of Appeals", October 1, 2012
- ↑ "THOMAS" Nomination of Carl Stewart May 14, 2009(Search for Carl Stewart)
- ↑ Business Wire, "The Honorable Donald W. Lemons Named President-Elect of the American Inns of Court", June 20, 2010
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: NA - new seat |
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals 1994–present |
Succeeded by: NA |
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| 1993 |
Adams • Ambrose • Barnes • Brinkema • Bucklew • Chasanow • Coffman • Daughtrey • Ferguson • Ginsburg • Hagen • Jackson • Lancaster • Leval • Lindsay • Messitte • Michael • Piersol • Saris • Schwartz • Seybert • Shanahan • Shaw • Stearns • Trager • Vazquez • Wilken • Wilson | ||
| 1994 |
Baer • Barkett • Batts • Beaty • Benavides • Bennett • Berrigan • Biery • Block • Borman • Breyer • Briones • Bryson • Bucklo • Burgess • Burrage • Cabranes • Calabresi • Carr • Casellas • Castillo • Chatigny • Chin • Cindrich • Coar • Collins • Cooper • Cote • Currie • Davis • Dominguez • Downes • Duval • Friedman • Furgeson • Garcia • Gertner • Gettleman • Gillmor • Gilmore • Gleeson • Haggerty • Hamilton • Hannah • Hawkins • Henry • Holmes • Hood • Hull • Hurley • Jack • Jones • Jones • Kaplan • Katz • Kern • Kessler • Koeltl • Lisi • Manning • McKee • McLaughlin • Melancon • Miles-LaGrange • Moore • Motz • Murphy • O'Malley • O'Meara • Oliver • Paez • B. Parker • F. Parker • R. Parker • Perry • Ponsor • Pooler • Porteous • Rendell • Riley • Robertson • Rogers • Ross • Russell • Sands • Sarokin • Scheindlin • Silver • Squatrito • Stewart • Sullivan • Tatel • Thompson • Timlin • Urbina • Vanaskie • Vance • Walls • Wells • Williams | ||
| 1995 |
Arterton • Atlas • Black • Blake • Briscoe • Tena Campbell • Todd Campbell • Chesney • Cole • Collier • Daniel • Davis • Dennis • Dlott • Donald • Duffy • Economus • Evans • Fallon • Folsom • Gaughan • Goodwin • Heartfield • Hunt • Illston • Jones • King • Kornmann • Lawson • Lenard • Lucero • Lynch • McKinley • Moody • Moore • Moskowitz • Murphy • Murtha • Nugent • O'Toole • Orlofsky • Pogue • Sessions • C. Smith • O. Smith • Stein • Thornburg • Tunheim • Wallach • Wardlaw • Webber • Whaley • Winmill • Wood | ||
| 1996 |
Broadwater • Clevert • Fenner • Gershon • Gottschall • Greenaway • Hinkle • Jones • Kahn • Laughrey • Lemmon • Marten • Miller • Molloy • Montgomery • Pregerson • Rakoff • Sargus • Tashima • Thomas • Zapata | ||
| 1997 |
Adelman • Bataillon • Breyer • Caputo • Casey • Chambers • Clay • Damrell • Droney • Friedman • Gajarsa • Garland • Gilman • Gold • Gwin • Hall • Hayden • Hull • Ishii • Jenkins • Kauffman • Kennedy • Kimball • Kollar-Kotelly • Lazzara • Marbley • Marcus • Middlebrooks • Miller • Moon • Pratt • Rendell • Sippel • Siragusa • Snyder • Thrash | ||
| 1998 |
Aiken • Barbier • Barzilay • Berman • Buttram • Carter • Collins • Dawson • Dimitrouleas • Fletcher • Fogel • Frank • Graber • Hellerstein • Herndon • James • Johnson • Kane • Kelly • G. King • R. King • Lasnik • Lee • Lemelle • Lindsay • Lipez • Manella • Matz • McCuskey • McKeown • McMahon • Mickle • Mollway • Mordue • Moreno • Morrow • Munley • Murphy • Pallmeyer • Pauley • Polster • Pooler • Rawlinson • Ridgway • R. Roberts • V. Roberts • Sack • Scott • Seitz • Seymour • Shea • Silverman • Sleet • Sotomayor • Steeh • Story • Straub • Tagle • Tarnow • Trauger • Traxler • Tyson • Wardlaw • Whelan • Young | ||
| 1999 |
Alsup • Barry • Brown • Buchwald • Cooper • Eaton • Ellison • Feess • Fisher • Gould • Guzman • Haynes • Hibbler • Hochberg • Hurd • Huvelle • Jordan • Katzmann • Kennelly • Linn • Lorenz • Lynn • Marrero • Murguia • Pannell • Pechman • Pepper • Phillips • Schreier • Stewart • Underhill • Ward • Williams • Wilson | ||
| 2000 |
Ambro • Antoon • Battani • Berzon • Bolton • Brady • Bye • Cavanaugh • Daniels • Darrah • Dawson • Dyk • Fuentes • Garaufis • Garcia-Gregory • Gregory • Hamilton • Huck • Hunt • Lawson • Lefkow • Lynch • Martin • McLaughlin • Moody • Murguia • Paez • Pisano • Presnell • Rawlinson • Reagan • Schiller • Singal • Steele • Surrick • Swain • Tallman • Teilborg • Tucker • Whittemore | ||
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