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Timothy Martin Cain
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina. Senior status since October 1, 2026.
Confirmed 99 to 0Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama
- Nominated
- February 16, 2011
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- May 4, 2011
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), May 26, 2011
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 99 to 0
- Confirmed
- September 20, 2011
- Commissioned
- September 26, 2011
- Senior status
- Since October 1, 2026
- American Bar Association rating
- Qualified
Born 1961, 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, Walhalla, South Carolina, 1986-1988
- Assistant public defender, Oconee Defender Corporation, Seneca, South Carolina, 1987
- Assistant solicitor, Tenth Judicial Circuit, South Carolina, 1988-1989
- Private practice, Seneca, South Carolina, 1990-2000
- County attorney, Oconee County, South Carolina, 1992-2000
- Judge, South Carolina Family Court, Tenth Judicial Circuit, 2000-2011
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