Charles A. Pannell Jr. Explained

Charles A. Pannell Jr.
Office:Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
Term Start:January 31, 2013
Office1:Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
Term Start1:October 26, 1999
Term End1:January 31, 2013
Appointer1:Bill Clinton
Predecessor1:Frank M. Hull
Successor1:Eleanor L. Ross
Office2:Judge of the Conasauga Judicial Circuit, Georgia Superior Court
Term Start2:1979
Term End2:1999
Office3:District Attorney of the Conasauga Judicial Circuit, Georgia Superior Court
Term Start3:1977
Term End3:1979
Birth Name:Charles Adam Pannell, Jr.[1]
Birth Date:24 January 1946
Birth Place:DeKalb County, Georgia, U.S.
Spouse:Kate[2]
Education:University of Georgia (AB, JD)
Allegiance: United States
Rank: Colonel
Unit:J.A.G. Corps
Serviceyears:1971–1997

Charles Adam Pannell Jr. (born January 24, 1946) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.

Education and career

Pannell was born in DeKalb County, Georgia. He received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from the University of Georgia in 1967 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Georgia School of Law in 1970. He was in the United States Army Reserves in the Judge Advocate General's Corps from 1971 to 1997. He was an assistant United States attorney of the Northern District of Georgia from 1971 to 1972, and in private practice in Georgia from 1972 to 1976. He was a special assistant attorney general of the State of Georgia from 1974 to 1976, and then a district attorney of Georgia's Conasauga Judicial Circuit from 1977 to 1979. He was a Superior court judge of the Conasauga Judicial Circuit from 1979 to 1999.

Federal judicial service

On July 14, 1999, Pannell was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia vacated by Frank M. Hull. Pannell was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 15, 1999, and received his commission on October 26, 1999. Pannell assumed senior status on January 31, 2013.

Notes and References

  1. https://books.google.com/books?id=_5ZPAQAAIAAJ&q=Charles+Adam+Pannell,+Jr., Reports of Cases Decided in the Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia (1997) - page 35
  2. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=pur1.32754069215964&view=1up&seq=238 Confirmation hearings on federal appointments : hearings before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Sixth Congress, first session, on confirmation of appointees to the federal judiciary. pt.1 (2000)