James Hancock
| James Hancock | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama | |
| Title: | Senior Judge |
| Position: | Seat #2T |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Richard Nixon |
| Active: | 4/17/1973 - 5/1/1996 |
| Senior: | 5/1/1996 - Present |
| Preceded by: | Seybourn Lynne |
| Succeeded by: | Inge Johnson |
| Personal History | |
| Undergraduate: | University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, B.S., 1953 |
| Law School: | University of Alabama School of Law, LL.B., 1957 |
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James Hughes Hancock is an Article III federal judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. He joined the court in 1973 after being nominated by President Richard Nixon. Hancock is also a judge serving on senior status[1].
Early life and education
A native of Alabama, Hancock was a graduate of the University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa with his Bachelor's Degree in 1953 and his juris doctorate degree in 1957[1]. Hancock also served two years as an active duty US Army Lieutenant.
Professional career
Hancock started his legal career as a law clerk to former Alabama Supreme Court Justice John Goodwyn then spent his entire pre-judicial legal career as a private practice attorney in the State of Alabama from 1957 to 1973. [1]
Judicial career
Northern District of Alabama
Hancock was nominated by President Richard Nixon on March 20, 1973 to a seat vacated by Seybourn Lynne as Lynne went on senior status. Hancock was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on April 10, 1973 on a Senate vote and received commission on April 17, 1973. Hancock later assumed senior status on May 1, 1996[1]. Hancock was succeeded in this position by Inge Johnson.
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| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Seybourn Lynne |
Northern District of Alabama 1973–1996 Seat #2T |
Succeeded by: Inge Johnson |
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| 1969 |
Adams • Barlow • Battin • Brooks • Burger • Carswell • Clark • Garth • Gibbons • Goodwin • Hannum • Herman • Ingraham • Kilkenny • Lane • Levin • MacKinnon • McFadden • Middlebrooks • Parker • Robb • Trask • Widener • Wilkins • Williams • Wright | ||
| 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 | ||
