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Sharon Lovelace Blackburn
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. Senior status since May 8, 2015.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- George H.W. Bush
- Nominated
- April 11, 1991
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- May 15, 1991
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), May 23, 1991
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- May 24, 1991
- Commissioned
- May 30, 1991
- Senior status
- Since May 8, 2015
- American Bar Association rating
- Qualified
Born 1950, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it.
Source: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges · This judge’s entry. Our copy saved October 16, 2026, fingerprint 92b677f26553b479.
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Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- Law clerk, J. O. Sentell, clerk, Supreme Court of Alabama, 1977
- Law clerk, Hon. Robert Varner, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Alabama, 1977-78
- Staff attorney, Birmingham Area Legal Services, Birmingham, Alabama, 1979
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Northern District of Alabama, 1979-1991; Civil Division, 1979-1985; Criminal Division, 1985-1991
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