James Larry Edmondson

James Edmondson
Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
In office June 1, 2002 – May 31, 2009
Preceded by	Lanier Anderson
Succeeded by	Joel Dubina
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
In office May 7, 1986 – July 15, 2012
Appointed by	Ronald Reagan
Preceded by	Albert Henderson
Succeeded by	Julie Carnes
Personal details
Born	(1947-07-14) July 14, 1947 U.S.
Alma mater	Emory University University of Georgia University of Virginia

James Larry Edmondson (born July 14, 1947) is a senior United States federal judge.^[1]

Education and early career 1
Federal judicial service 2
References 3
Sources 4

Education and early career

Born in M.L. in Judicial Process from the University of Virginia in 1990.

Edmondson clerked for the Hon.

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1947 births
Georgia (U.S. state) lawyers
Judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Living people
United States court of appeals judges appointed by Ronald Reagan
People from Jasper, Georgia

Authority control	VIAF: 170641101

Current senior judges of the United States courts of appeals

1st Circuit	Campbell Selya Cyr Boudin Stahl Lipez

2nd Circuit	Newman Kearse Cardamone Winter Walker Leval Calabresi Straub Sack Parker

3rd Circuit	Aldisert Garth Sloviter Stapleton Greenberg Scirica Cowen Nygaard Roth Barry Van Antwerpen

4th Circuit	Phillips Chapman Hamilton Davis

5th Circuit	King Reavley Higginbotham Barksdale Wiener Garza DeMoss Benavides

6th Circuit	Lively Keith Merritt Wellford Milburn Guy Ryan Norris Suhrheinrich Siler Daughtrey Gilman

7th Circuit	Bauer Cudahy Ripple Manion

8th Circuit	Bright Fagg Bowman Beam Hansen Arnold Melloy

9th Circuit	Goodwin Wallace Hug Schroeder Farris Alarcon Nelson Canby Noonan Leavy Trott Fernandez Kleinfeld Hawkins Tashima Fisher

10th Circuit	McKay Seymour Porfilio Anderson Baldock Brorby Ebel Murphy O'Brien

11th Circuit	Hill Fay Kravitch Anderson Edmondson Cox Dubina Black

DC Circuit	Edwards Silberman Williams Ginsburg Sentelle Randolph

Federal Circuit	Mayer Plager Clevenger Schall Bryson Linn

Legal offices
Preceded by Albert Henderson	Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit 1986–2012	Succeeded by Julie Carnes
Preceded by Lanier Anderson	Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit 2002–2009	Succeeded by Joel Dubina

James Larry Edmondson at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Sources

^ Who's who in the South and Southwest - Google Books. Books.google.ca. Retrieved on 2013-10-23.
^ ^a ^b [1] Retrieved on December 1, 2008.
^ Future Judicial Vacancies. Uscourts.gov. Retrieved on 2013-10-23.

References

Edmondson assumed senior status on July 15, 2012.^[3]

In 2000, Edmondson, as part of a 3-judge panel with Judges Joel Fredrick Dubina and Charles R. Wilson, issued the opinion that ultimately led to Elian Gonzalez being sent back to Cuba to be reunited with his father.

On March 26, 1986, Edmondson was nominated by President Ronald Reagan to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. vacated by Albert J. Henderson. Edmondson was confirmed by the United States Senate on April 29, 1986, and received his commission on May 7, 1986. He served as chief judge from 2002 to 2009.

Federal judicial service

[2]

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James Larry Edmondson