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Kenneth Davis Bell, Sr.
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina. Active service.
Confirmed 55 to 43Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Donald J. Trump
- Nominated
- January 23, 2019
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- Not published yet
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), February 7, 2019
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 55 to 43
- Confirmed
- May 22, 2019
- Commissioned
- June 12, 2019
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1958, 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.
All judges of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina
Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Western District of North Carolina, 1983-1988, 1990-2003; first assistant U.S. attorney, 1993-2003
- Private practice, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1988-1990
- Private practice, Charlotte, North Carolina, 2003-2019
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