William Traxler
| William Traxler | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit | |
| Title: | Chief Judge |
| Position: | Seat #5 |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Bill Clinton |
| Active: | 10/1/1998 - Present |
| Chief: | 2009-Current |
| Preceded by: | Donald Russell |
| Past post: | District of South Carolina |
| Past term: | 1992-1998 |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1948 |
| Home State: | Greenville, SC |
| Bachelors: | Davidson College '70 |
| Law School: | U. of South Carolina Law '73 |
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William Byrd Traxler, Jr. (b. 1948) is the chief judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. He joined the court in 1998 after being nominated by President Bill Clinton. Traxler assumed the position of chief judge in July of 2009 due to the sudden illness and subsequent retirement from the court of Karen J. Williams.
Early life and education
Traxler graduated from Davidson College with his Bachelor's Degree in 1970 and later graduated from the South Carolina Law with his juris doctorate degree in 1973. Traxler also served as a U.S. Army Reserve Adjutant General from 1970 to 1978. [1]
Professional career
- U.S. Army Reserve Adjutant General, 1970-1978
- Private practice, Greenville, South Carolina, 1973-1974
- Assistant solicitor, Office of the Solicitor, 13th Judicial Circuit, Greenville County, SC, 1975-1978
- Deputy solicitor, Office of the Solicitor, 13th Judicial Circuit, Greenville County, SC, 1978-1981
- Solicitor, Office of the Solicitor, 13th Judicial Circuit, Greenville County, SC, 1981-1985
- Resident judge, 13th Judicial Circuit, Greenville County, Greenville, SC, 1985-1992 [1]
Judicial career
Fourth Circuit
Traxler was nominated by President Bill Clinton to the Fourth Circuit on July 10, 1998, to a seat vacated by Donald Russell as Russell died in judicial service. Traxler was confirmed by the Senate on September 28, 1998 on majority voice vote and received commission on October 1, 1998. [1] [2]
District of South Carolina
On the recommendation of Senator Strom Thurmond, Traxler was nominated by President George Bush on November 14, 1991 to a seat on the District of South Carolina vacated by Clyde Hamilton as Hamilton was elevated. Traxler was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on February 27, 1992 on unanimous consent of the Senate and received commission on March 2, 1992. Traxler left the District of South Carolina on October 21, 1998, due to his appointment to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Awards and associations
Notable cases
See also
External links
- Judges of the Fourth Circuit
- Judge Traxler's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center
- Third Branch News "Statement on Impact of Sequestration on Judiciary, Defender Funding," April 17, 2013
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Judge Traxler's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
- ↑ "THOMAS" Biography of William Traxler, March 20, 2009 (search for William Traxler)
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Clyde Hamilton |
District of South Carolina 1992–1998 Seat #5 |
Succeeded by: Margaret Seymour |
| Preceded by: Donald Russell |
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals 1998–present |
Succeeded by: NA |
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Terry Wooten • David Norton • Joseph Anderson • Cameron Currie • Robert Harwell • Timothy M. Cain • J. Michelle Childs • Richard Mark Gergel • Mary Geiger Lewis | ||
| Senior judges |
George Anderson • Henry Herlong • Patrick Duffy • Margaret Seymour • Solomon Blatt • Charles Weston Houck • | ||
| Magistrate judges | Robert Buchanan • Paige Jones Gossett • Bruce Hendricks • Bristow Marchant • Thomas Rogers • Shiva Hodges • Kevin McDonald • Jacquelyn Austin • Kaymani West • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
Thomas Bee • William Drayton • John Drayton • Thomas Lee • Robert Budd Gilchrist • Andrew Gordon Magrath • George Seabrook Bryan • William Hiram Brawley • Clyde Hamilton • William Traxler • Dennis Shedd • Charles Henry Simonton • Henry Augustus Middleton Smith • Joseph Travis Johnson • Henry Floyd • Henry Hitt Watkins • Ernest Ford Cochran • Robert Chapman • John Lyles Glenn • Francis Kerschner Myers • Charles Wyche • Falcon Hawkins • Robert Hemphill • Donald Russell • Charles Simons • Matthew Perry • George Timmerman • Julius Waring • William Walter Wilkins • Ashton Williams • James Robert Martin, Jr. • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
David Norton • Joseph Anderson • Margaret Seymour • Falcon Hawkins • Robert Hemphill • Charles Simons • Solomon Blatt • Charles Weston Houck • James Robert Martin, Jr. • | ||
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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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| 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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- District of South Carolina, Seat 5
- Federal judge, Fourth Circuit
- Former federal judge, District of South Carolina
- Former South Carolina circuit court judges
- U. of South Carolina Law Alumni
- Chief judge
- Appointed by George H.W. Bush
- Confirmed 1992
- Appointed by Bill Clinton
- Confirmed 1998
- Davidson College Alumni
- Army veteran
- Current federal judge
- Notable case article missing basic information
