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Robert Gillespie James
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana. Senior status since May 31, 2016.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton
- Nominated
- January 27, 1998
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- June 18, 1998
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), June 25, 1998
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- July 31, 1998
- Commissioned
- August 3, 1998
- Senior status
- Since May 31, 2016
- American Bar Association rating
- Qualified
Born 1946, 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
- Private practice, Ruston, Louisiana, 1971-1998
- Business law instructor, Louisiana Tech University, 1992-1998
- Judge, Ruston [Louisiana] City Court, 1985-1998
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