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James L. Dennis
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Senior status since December 16, 2022.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton
- Nominated
- January 31, 1995
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- Not published yet
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), July 20, 1995
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- September 28, 1995
- Commissioned
- October 2, 1995
- Senior status
- Since December 16, 2022
- American Bar Association rating
- Qualified
Born 1936, 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
- U.S. Army, 1955-1957
- Private practice, Monroe, Louisiana, 1962-1972
- State representative, Louisiana, 1968-1972
- Judge, Louisiana District Court, Fourth Judicial District, 1972-1974
- Judge, Louisiana Court of Appeal, Second Judicial Circuit, 1974-1975
- Associate justice, Supreme Court of Louisiana, 1975-1995
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