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W[illie] Louis Sands
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia. Senior status since April 12, 2014.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton
- Nominated
- February 9, 1994
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- April 21, 1994
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), May 5, 1994
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- May 6, 1994
- Commissioned
- May 9, 1994
- Senior status
- Since April 12, 2014
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1949, 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 Reserve second lieutenant, Signal Corps, 1974
- U.S. Army Reserve, 1974-1980
- Assistant district attorney, Macon Judicial Circuit, Georgia, 1975-1978
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Middle District of Georgia, 1978-1987
- Private practice, Macon, Georgia, 1987-1991
- Judge, Superior Court of Georgia, Macon Judicial Circuit, 1991-1993
- Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 2011-2015
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