Richard Vollmer
| Richard Vollmer | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama | |
| Title: | Former Federal Judge |
| Position: | Seat #1 |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | George H.W. Bush |
| Active: | 5/14/1990 - 12/31/2000 |
| Senior: | 12/31/2000 - 3/20/2003 |
| Preceded by: | William Hand |
| Succeeded by: | William Steele |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | March 7, 1926 |
| Home State: | St. Louis, MO |
| Deceased: | March 20, 2003 |
| Law School: | U. of Alabama School of Law, LL.B., 1953 |
| Military service: | U.S. Navy, 1944 - 1946 and 1950 - 1952 |
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Richard Vollmer (b. 1927) is a senior status federal judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama.
Judge Vollmer was nominated by President George H.W. Bush on March 30, 1990, to a seat vacated by William Hand. He was confirmed by the Senate on May 11th, and received commission on May 14th. He assumed senior status on December 31, 2000. Vollmer was succeeded in this position by William Steele.
Early life and education
- University of Alabama School of Law, LL.B., 1953
Professional career
- U.S. Navy, 1944-1946, 1950-1952
- Claims Representative, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, 1953-1956
- Private practice, Mobile, Alabama, 1956-1990
Judicial career
Southern District of Alabama
Judge Vollmer was nominated by President George H.W. Bush on March 30, 1990, to a seat vacated by William Hand.[1] He was confirmed by the Senate on May 11th, and received commission on May 14th. He assumed senior status on December 31, 2000. Vollmer was succeeded in this position by William Steele.
External links
- Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
References
- ↑ Biography from the Federal Judicial Center
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: William Hand |
Southern District of Alabama 1990–2000 Seat #1 |
Succeeded by: William Steele |
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: William Steele • Callie Granade • Kristi DuBose | ||
| Senior judges | |||
| Magistrate judges | William Cassady • Bert Milling • Katherine Nelson • Sonja Bivins • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
William Crawford • Charles Tait • John Gayle • William Giles Jones • Richard Busteed • George Washington Lane • John Bruce • Emmett Cox • Harry Theophilus Toulmin • Robert Tait Ervin • John McDuffie • Thomas Pittman • William Hand • Daniel Thomas • Richard Vollmer • Alex Howard • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Callie Granade • Charles Butler • Thomas Pittman • William Hand • Daniel Thomas • Alex Howard • | ||
