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American judge (born 1949)
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W. Louis Sands
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia
Incumbent
Assumed office
April 12, 2014
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia
In office
2001–2006
Preceded byDuross Fitzpatrick
Succeeded byHugh Lawson
Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia
In office
May 9, 1994 – April 12, 2014
Appointed byBill Clinton
Preceded bySeat established by 104 Stat. 5089
Succeeded byLeslie Abrams Gardner
Personal details
Born (1949-04-12) April 12, 1949 (age 75)
Bradley, Georgia, U.S.
EducationMercer University (BA, JD)

Willie Louis Sands (born April 12, 1949) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia.

Education and career

Sands was born in Bradley, Georgia. He received a Bachelor of Arts from Mercer University in 1971 and a Juris Doctor from Mercer University School of Law in 1974. He was a second lieutenant in the United States Army Reserve Signal Corps in 1974, remaining in the Reserve until 1980 reaching the rank of captain. He was an assistant district attorney of the Macon, Georgia Judicial Circuit from 1975 to 1978. He was an assistant United States attorney for the Middle District of Georgia from 1978 to 1987. He was in private practice in Macon from 1987 to 1991, and was a judge on the Superior Court, Macon Judicial District from 1991 to 1993.

Federal judicial service

On February 9, 1994, Sands was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a new seat on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia created by 104 Stat. 5089. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 6, 1994, and received his commission on May 9, 1994. He served as chief judge from 2001 to 2006. He assumed senior status on April 12, 2014.

See also

References

  1. Hearings before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Third Congress, Second Session, on Confirmations of Appointees to the Federal Judiciary, March 25; April 21, 22, 29; May 12 and 25, 1994. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1996. p. 332.
  2. Willie Louis Sands at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

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Preceded bySeat established by 104 Stat. 5089 Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia
1994–2014 		Succeeded byLeslie Abrams Gardner
Preceded byDuross Fitzpatrick Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia
2001–2006 		Succeeded byHugh Lawson
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