Robert Lanier Anderson
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| Robert Lanier Anderson | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | |
| Title: | Senior Judge |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Jimmy Carter |
| Active: | 10/1/1981 - 1/31/2009 |
| Chief: | 1999-2002 |
| Senior: | 1/31/2009 - Present |
| Past post: | Fifth Circuit |
| Past term: | 1979-1981 |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1936 |
| Home State: | Macon, GA |
| Bachelors: | Yale College '58 |
| Law School: | Harvard Law '61 |
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Robert Lanier Anderson III is a federal judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Anderson was nominated to the court by President Jimmy Carter. He is serving on senior status.
Early life and education
Born in Macon, Georgia, Anderson graduated from Yale College with a Bachelor's degree in 1958 and from Harvard Law School with an LL.B in 1961. [1]
Professional career
Anderson was a private practice attorney in Macon, Georgia briefly in 1961 before serving as a Captain in the United States Army from 1961 until 1963. Anderson returned to private practice in Macon, Georgia until 1979. [1]
Judicial career
Fifth Circuit
Anderson was nominated to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit by President Jimmy Carter on April 18, 1979, to a new seat created by 92 Stat. 1629, which was approved by Congress. The Senate confirmed Anderson's confirmation on July 12, 1979, and Anderson received commission on July 13, 1979. Anderson's service on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit terminated on October 1, 1981, due to assignment to another Court.[1]
Eleventh Circuit
Anderson was reassigned to serve on an opening in the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on October 1, 1981. Anderson was the Chief Judge of the court from 1999 to 2002 and assumed senior status on January 31, 2009. [1]
See also
External links
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Judge Anderson Biography from the Federal Judicial Center
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: NA - new seat |
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals 1979–1981 |
Succeeded by: NA |
| Preceded by: NA - reassigned |
Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals 1981–present |
Succeeded by: Beverly Martin |
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Joel Dubina • Adalberto Jordan • Stanley Marcus • Beverly Martin • Gerald Tjoflat • Frank Hull • Charles Wilson • Rosemary Barkett • William Pryor • Edward Carnes | ||
| Senior judges |
Peter Fay • Robert Lanier Anderson • Phyllis Kravitch • James L. Edmondson • Emmett Cox • Susan Black • James Hill • | ||
| Former judges | John Godbold • Joseph Hatchett • Albert Henderson • Paul Roney • David Dyer • Elbert Tuttle • Thomas Clark • Richard Rives • Robert Vance • Lewis Morgan • Stanley Birch • Warren Leroy Jones • John Bryan Simpson • Frank M. Johnson, Jr. • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
John Godbold • Robert Lanier Anderson • Gerald Tjoflat • Joseph Hatchett • James L. Edmondson • Paul Roney • | ||
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| 1977 |
Ballantine • Bownes • Boyle • Bua • Carr • Clark • Cowan • Daly • Filippine • Higginbotham • Hoeveler • Hug • Johnstone • Kane • Keith • Leval • Logan • MacLaughlin • McKay • Melton • Merritt • Murphy • Nickerson • Oberdorfer • Roszkowski • Roy • Rubin • Sifton • Tang • Vance • Veron | ||
| 1978 |
Arnold • Baker • Boyle • Burns • Campos • Claiborne • Collins • Cook • Devine • Diamond • Duplantier • Edenfield • Friedman • Gonzalez • Greene • Jenkins • Lowe • Mazzone • McMillian • O'Brien • Pfaelzer • Phillips • Pollak • Sand • Shapiro • Simmons • Smith • Sweet • Tanner • Wiseman • Ziegler | ||
| 1979 |
Ackerman • Alarcon • Anderson • Arceneaux • Arnold • Aspen • Beatty • Beer • Belew • Bertelsman • Bilby • N. Black • S. Black • Bloch • Bowen • Brett • Brooks • Brown • Buchmeyer • Bunton • Burciaga • Cabranes • Carr • Carrigan • Castagna • Cire • Clark • Cohn • Conaboy • Cordova • Crabb • Cudahy • Davis • DeAnda • Debevoise • Edwards • Eginton • Ellison • Enslen • O. Evans • T. Evans • Farris • Ferguson • Fletcher • Frye • Garcia • Garza • B. Gibson • H. Gibson • Gierbolini-Ortiz • Giles • Gilliam • Green • Hall • Hastings • Hatchett • Hatfield • Hatter • Hawkins • Henderson • Higby • Hillman • Houck • Howard • Hudspeth • Hungate • F. Johnson • S. Johnson • N. Jones • S. Jones • Karlton • Kazen • Kearse • Keeton • Kehoe • Kennedy • Kidd • King • Kravitch • Loughlin • Martin • McCurn • McDonald • McNaught • McNichols • Mikva • Mitchell • Moran • Murnaghan • Murphy • D. Nelson • D.W. Nelson • Newblatt • Newman • Overton • Paine • Panner • J. Parker • R. Parker • Penn • Perez-Gimenez • Perry • Politz • Poole • Porter • Pregerson • Price • Rambo • Ramirez • Reavley • Redden • E. Reed • S. Reed • Reinhardt • Renner • Robinson • Rothstein • Sachs • Saffels • Sanders • Sarokin • Schroeder • Schwartz • Seay • Senter • Seymour • Shannon • Shaw • Shoob • Skopil • Sloviter • Sofaer • Spellman • Sprouse • Staker • Tate • Taylor • Thompson • Tidwell • Unthank • Vietor • Vining • Wald • Ward • Weinshienk • West • Wicker • Williams • Winder • Woods • Wright • Zobel | ||
| 1980 |
Aguilar • Aldrich • Anderson • Boochever • Breyer • Britt • Cahill • Canby • Carroll • Cerezo • Clemon • S. Ervin • R. Erwin • Getzendanner • Gilmore • Ginsburg • Haltom • Hardy • Henderson • Hobbs • Holschuh • Horton • Howard • Johnson • Keep • Kelly • Kenyon • Kocoras • Marquez • Marshall • Michael • Nixon • Norris • Patel • Polozola • Propst • Quackenbush • Ramsey • Rice • Shadur • Spiegel • Tashima • Thompson • Vela • White • Williams | ||
| 1981 | |||
