Truman McGill Hobbs explained

Truman McGill Hobbs
Office:Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama
Term Start:February 11, 1991
Term End:November 4, 2015
Office1:Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama
Term Start1:1984
Term End1:1991
Predecessor1:Robert Edward Varner
Successor1:Myron Herbert Thompson
Office2:Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama
Term Start2:April 3, 1980
Term End2:February 11, 1991
Appointer2:Jimmy Carter
Predecessor2:Seat established by 92 Stat. 1629
Successor2:Ira De Ment
Birth Date:8 February 1921
Birth Place:Selma, Alabama
Death Place:Montgomery, Alabama
Education:
Yale Law School (LLB)

Truman McGill Hobbs Sr. (February 8, 1921 – November 4, 2015) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama.

Education and career

Born in Selma, Alabama, Hobbs received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from the University of North Carolina in 1942, and was a Lieutenant in the United States Navy during World War II, from 1942 to 1946. He received a Bachelor of Laws from Yale Law School in 1948, becoming a law clerk to Justice Hugo Black of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1948 to 1949. He was in private practice in Montgomery, Alabama, from 1949 to 1980, also serving as chairman of the Alabama Unemployment Appeal Board from 1952 to 1958.

Federal judicial service

On January 23, 1980, Hobbs was nominated by President Jimmy Carter to a new seat on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama created by 92 Stat. 1629. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on April 3, 1980, and received his commission the same day. He served as Chief Judge from 1984 to 1991, assuming senior status on February 11, 1991. He died on November 4, 2015, at his family home in Montgomery.[1]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: U.S. District Judge Truman Hobbs dies at 94.