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Charles Lynwood Smith, Jr.
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. Senior status since August 31, 2013.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton
- Nominated
- December 8, 1995
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- December 19, 1995
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), December 21, 1995
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- December 22, 1995
- Commissioned
- December 26, 1995
- Senior status
- Since August 31, 2013
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1943, 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, Hon. Frank H. McFadden, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama, 1971-1972
- Private practice, Huntsville, Alabama, 1972-1981
- Lecturer in political science, University of Alabama, 1972-1976
- Judge, Alabama District Court, Madison County, 1981
- Judge, Alabama Circuit Court, Twenty-Third Judicial Circuit, 1981-1995
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