Charles A. Pannell Jr.
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
Assumed office
January 31, 2013
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
In office
October 26, 1999 – January 31, 2013
Appointed byBill Clinton
Preceded byFrank M. Hull
Succeeded byEleanor L. Ross
Judge of the Conasauga Judicial Circuit, Georgia Superior Court
In office
1979–1999
District Attorney of the Conasauga Judicial Circuit, Georgia Superior Court
In office
1977–1979
Personal details
Born
Charles Adam Pannell, Jr.[1]

(1946-01-24) January 24, 1946[1]
DeKalb County, Georgia
SpouseKate[2]
EducationUniversity of Georgia (A.B.)
University of Georgia School of Law (J.D.)
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch/service United States Army
Years of service1971-1997
Rank Colonel
UnitJ.A.G. Corps

Charles Adam Pannell Jr. (born January 24, 1946) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.

Education and career

Born in DeKalb County, Georgia, Pannell received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from the University of Georgia in 1967 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Georgia School of Law in 1970. He was in the United States Army Reserves in the Judge Advocate General's Corps from 1971 to 1997. He was an Assistant United States Attorney of the Northern District of Georgia from 1971 to 1972, and in private practice in Georgia from 1972 to 1976. He was a special assistant attorney general of the State of Georgia from 1974 to 1976, and then a district attorney of Georgia's Conasauga Judicial Circuit from 1977 to 1979. He was a Superior court judge of the Conasauga Judicial Circuit from 1979 to 1999.

Federal judicial service

On July 14, 1999, Pannell was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia vacated by Frank M. Hull. Pannell was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 15, 1999, and received his commission on October 26, 1999. Pannell assumed senior status on January 31, 2013.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Reports of Cases Decided in the Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia (1997) - page 35
  2. ↑ Confirmation hearings on federal appointments : hearings before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Sixth Congress, first session, on confirmation of appointees to the federal judiciary. pt.1 (2000)
  3. ↑ "Pannell, Charles A., Jr. - Federal Judicial Center". www.fjc.gov.

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