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William Holcombe Pryor, Jr.
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Active service.
Confirmed 53 to 45Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- George W. Bush
- Recess appointment
- February 20, 2004
- Nominated
- February 14, 2005
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- Not published yet
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), May 12, 2005
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 53 to 45
- Confirmed
- June 9, 2005
- Commissioned
- June 10, 2005
- American Bar Association rating
- Qualified
Born 1962, 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. John Minor Wisdom, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1987-1988
- Private practice, Alabama, 1988-1995
- Adjunct professor, Samford University, Cumberland School of Law, 1989-1995
- Deputy attorney general, State of Alabama, 1995-1997
- Attorney general, State of Alabama, 1997-2004
- Commissioner, U.S. Sentencing Commission, 2013-2018; acting chair, 2017-2018
- Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 2020-present
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