People · Judicial branch · District courts
William Earl Britt
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina. Senior status since December 7, 1997.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Jimmy Carter
- Nominated
- April 14, 1980
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- May 1, 1980
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), May 20, 1980
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- May 21, 1980
- Commissioned
- May 23, 1980
- Senior status
- Since December 7, 1997
- American Bar Association rating
- Qualified
Born 1932, 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.
All judges of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina
Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- U.S. Army specialist 4, 1953-1955
- Law clerk, Hon. Emery B. Denny, Supreme Court of North Carolina, 1958-1959
- Private practice, Fairmont and Lumberton, North Carolina, 1959-1980
- Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 1991-1997
Yearly financial disclosure reports
Not checked yet
Not started.