Edith Clement
| Edith Clement | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | |
| Title: | Judge |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | George W. Bush |
| Active: | 11/25/1991 - Present |
| Preceded by: | John Duhe, Jr. |
| Past post: | Eastern District of Louisiana |
| Past chief: | 2001 |
| Past term: | 1991 - 2001 |
| Past position: | Seat #2 |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1948 |
| Home State: | Birmingham, AL |
| Bachelors: | University of Alabama, 1969 |
| Law School: | Tulane Law School, 1972 |
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Edith Brown Clement (b. 1948) is a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. She joined the court in 2001 after being nominated by President George W. Bush.
Early life and education
Born in Birmingham, Alabama, Clement graduated from the University of Alabama with her Bachelor's Degree in 1969 and obtained her Juris Doctor degree from Tulane Law in 1972.[1]
Professional career
In 1973, Clement served as law clerk to Federal District Judge Herbert Christenberry in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. Clement was in private practice from 1975 to 1991 in the State of Louisiana.[1]
Judicial career
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Clement was nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit by President George W. Bush on September 4, 2001, to a seat vacated by John Duhe, Jr.. Clement was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on November 13, 2001 and received commission on November 26, 2001.[2]
Eastern District of Louisiana
Clement was appointed Judge to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. She was nominated by President George H.W. Bush on October 1, 1991, to a seat vacated by Charles Schwartz, Jr. Clement was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on November 21, 1991 on unanimous consent of the Senate and received commission on November 25, 1991.[3]
Clement briefly served as the Chief Judge of the Court in 2001 before leaving the Eastern District of Louisiana on November 27, 2001 due to her appointment to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Clement was succeeded in this position by Lance Africk.
Awards and associations
Notable cases
See also
External links
References
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Charles Schwartz |
Eastern District of Louisiana 1991–2001 Seat #2 |
Succeeded by: Lance Africk |
| Preceded by: John Duhe |
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals 2001–present |
Succeeded by: NA |
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Sarah Vance • Helen Berrigan • Martin Feldman • Eldon Fallon • Ivan Lemelle • Carl Barbier • Kurt Engelhardt • Jay Zainey • Lance Africk • Jane Triche-Milazzo • Nannette Jolivette-Brown • Susie Morgan | ||
| Senior judges |
Stanwood Duval • Frederick Heebe • A.J. McNamara • Mary Ann Lemmon • Charles Schwartz • Peter Beer • | ||
| Magistrate judges | Alma Chasez • Daniel Knowles • Karen Wells Roby • Joseph Wilkinson • Sally Shushan • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
Thomas Porteous • John Dick • Thomas Bolling Robertson • Samuel Hadden Harper • Philip Kissick Lawrence • Theodore Howard McCaleb • Edward Henry Durell • Edward Coke Billings • Edith Clement • Alvin Rubin • Charles Parlange • Rufus Edward Foster • Eugene Davis Saunders • Marcel Livaudais • Charlton Reid Beattie • Wayne Borah • Louis Henry Burns • Robert Ainsworth • George Arceneaux • Edward Boyle • Adrian Caillouet • Patrick Carr • Fred Cassibry • Herbert Christenberry • Robert Collins • James Comiskey • Adrian Duplantier • Frank Ellis • Jack Gordon • Okla Jones • Henry Mentz • Lansing Mitchell • Morey Sear • Elmer West • Roger West • Veronica Wicker • James Wright • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Edith Clement • Helen Berrigan • Frederick Heebe • A.J. McNamara • Herbert Christenberry • Morey Sear • Elmer West • | ||
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| 1989 |
Barksdale • Bonner • Buckwalter • Cyr • Fernandez • Garbis • Harmon • Lee • Lindberg • Lodge • Nelson • Nottingham • Plager • Rosen • Rymer • Smith • Spatt • Thomas • VanBebber • J. Walker • V. Walker • Wiener • Wright | ||
| 1990 |
Alito • Amon • Birch • Boudin • Cleland • Clevenger • Dubina • Hamilton • Henderson • Hood • Hornby • Jones • Kent • Levi • Loken • Lourie • Martin • McBryde • McClure • McKenna • McLaughlin • McNamee • Moreno • Mullen • Nelson • Nickerson • Niemeyer • Norton • Parker • Pickering • Rader • Rainey • Randolph • Shanstrom • Shedd • Shubb • Singleton • Skretny • Souter • Sparr • Stahl • Stamp • Suhrheinrich • Taylor • Vollmer • Ware • Wilson | ||
| 1991 |
Albritton • Andersen • Armstrong • Arnold • Bartle • Bassler • Batchelder • Beckwith • Belot • Benson • Blackburn • Bramlette • Brody • Brody • Burrell • Carnes • Caulfield • Cauthron • Clement • Collier • Conway • Cooper • Dalzell • DeMent • DeMoss • Doherty • Echols • Edmunds • Faber • Freeh • Gaitan • Garza • Graham • Haik • Hamilton • Hansen • Hendren • Herlong • Highsmith • Hogan • Huff • Hurley • Irenas • Johnson • Joyner • Kelly • Kleinfeld • Legg • Leonard • Lewis • Longstaff • Lungstrum • Luttig • Matia • McCalla • McDade • McKeague • McKelvie • Means • Merryday • Moore • Morgan • Nielsen • Nimmons • Osteen Sr. • Padova • Payne • Reinhard • Robinson • Robreno • Roll • Roth • Schlesinger • Scullin • Siler • Solis • Sotomayor • Sparks • Stohr • Thomas • Traxler • Trimble • Ungaro • Van Sickle • Wanger • Werlein • Whyte • Yohn | ||
| 1992 |
Baird • Barbadoro • Black • Boudin • Carnes • Covello • DiClerico • Gilbert • Gonzalez • Gorton • Hansen • Heyburn • Jackson • Jacobs • Keeley • Kendall • Kopf • Kyle • Lewis • McAuliffe • McLaughlin • Melloy • Preska • Quist • Randa • Rosenthal • Rovner • Schall • Sedwick • Simandle • Stahl • Vratil • Williams | ||
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| 2001 |
Armijo • Bates • Beistline • Blackburn • Bowdre • Bunning • Bury • Caldwell • Camp • Cassell • Cebull • Clement • Clifton • Crane • Eagan • Engelhardt • Friot • Gibbons • Granade • Gritzner • Haddon • Hartz • Heaton • Hicks • Howard • Johnson • Jorgenson • Krieger • Land • Leon • Mahan • Martinez • Martone • McConnell • Melloy • Mills • O'Brien • Parker • Payne • Prost • Reeves • Riley • Robinson • Rogers • Royal • Shedd • B. Smith • L. Smith • Walton • Wooten • Zainey | ||
| 2002 |
Africk • Anderson • Autrey • Baylson • Cercone • Chesler • Clark • Collyer • Conner • Conti • Corrigan • Davis • Davis • Dorr • England • Ericksen • Fuller • Gardner • Godbey • Griesbach • Hanen • Hovland • Hudson • Jones • Jordan • Kinkeade • Klausner • Kugler • Leighton • Linares • Ludlum • Marra • Martinez • Martini • Mays • McVerry • Phillips • Raggi • Reade • Rose • Rufe • Savage • Schwab • Smith • St. Eve • Walter • White • Wolfson | ||
| 2003 |
Adams • Altonaga • Bea • Benitez • Bennett • Boyle • Brack • Breen • Browning • Burns • Bybee • Callahan • Campbell • Cardone • Carney • Castel • Chertoff • Cohn • Colloton • Conrad • Coogler • Cook • Cooke • Crone • Der-Yeghiayan • Drell • Duffey • Duncan • Erickson • Feuerstein • Figa • Filip • Fischer • Fisher • Flanagan • Floyd • Frost • Gibson • Greer • Gruender • Guirola • Hall • Hardiman • Hayes • Herrera • Hicks • Holmes • Holwell • Hopkins • Houston • Irizarry • Jones • Junell • Karas • Kravitz • Martinez • McKnight • Minaldi • Montalvo • Mosman • Otero • Pickering • Prado • Pratter • Proctor • Quarles • Robart • Roberts • Robinson • Rodgers • Rodriguez • Sabraw • Sanchez • Saylor • Selna • Sharpe • Simon • Springmann • Stanceu • Steele • Stengel • Suko • Sutton • Sykes • Titus • Townes • Tymkovich • Van Antwerpen • Varlan • Wake • Wesley • White • Woodcock • Yeakel | ||
| 2004 |
Alvarez • Benton • Boyko • Covington • Diamond • Harwell • Kelley • Schiavelli • Schneider • Starrett • Watson | ||
| 2005 |
Alito • Barrett • Batten • Bianco • Brown • Burgess • Conrad • Cox • Crotty • Delgado-Colon • Dever • DuBose • Griffin • Griffith • Johnston • Kendall • Larson • Ludington • Mattice • McKeague • Neilson • Owen • Pryor • Roberts • Sandoval • Schiltz • Seabright • Smoak • Van Tatenhove • Vitaliano • Watkins • Zouhary | ||
| 2006 |
Besosa • Bumb • Chagares • Cogan • Gelpi • Golden • Gordon • Gorsuch • Guilford • Hillman • Holmes • Ikuta • D. Jordan • K. Jordan • Kavanaugh • Miller • Moore • Shepherd • Sheridan • Smith • Whitney • Wigenton | ||
| 2007 |
Anderson • Aycock • Bailey • Bryant • Davis • DeGiusti • Dow • Elrod • Fairbank • Fischer • Frizzell • Gutierrez • Hall • Hardiman • Haynes • Howard • Jarvey • Jones • Jonker • Kapala • Kays • Laplante • Limbaugh • Lioi • Livingston • Maloney • Mauskopf • Mendez • Miller • Neff • O'Connor • O'Grady • O'Neill • Osteen • Ozerden • Reidinger • Sammartino • Schroeder • Settle • Smith • Snow • Southwick • Suddaby • Sullivan • Thapar • Tinder • Van Bokkelen • Wood • Wright • Wu | ||
| 2008 |
Agee • Anello • Arguello • Brimmer • Gardephe • Goldberg • Jones • Kethledge • Lawrence • Matsumoto • Melgren • Murphy • Scriven • Seibel • Slomsky • Trenga • Waddoups • White | ||
This page is missing notable case information.
- Eastern District of Louisiana, Seat 2
- Federal judge, Fifth Circuit
- Former federal judge, Eastern District of Louisiana
- Tulane Law Alumni
- Appointed by George H.W. Bush
- Confirmed 1991
- Appointed by George W. Bush
- Confirmed 2001
- Current federal judge
- U. of Alabama Alumni
- Former chief judge, Eastern District of Louisiana
- Notable case article missing basic information
