Robert L. Vining Jr.

Robert L. Vining Jr.
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
Assumed office
March 31, 1996
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
In office
1995–1996
Preceded by William Clark O'Kelley
Succeeded by George Ernest Tidwell
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
In office
July 24, 1979 – March 31, 1996
Appointed by Jimmy Carter
Preceded by Seat established by 92 Stat. 1629
Succeeded by Thomas W. Thrash Jr.
Personal details
Born Robert L. Vining Jr.
1931 (age 86–87)
Chatsworth, Georgia
Education University of Georgia (B.A.)
University of Georgia School of Law (J.D.)

Robert L. Vining Jr. (born 1931) is a Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.

Education and career

Born in Chatsworth, Georgia, Vining was a United States Air Force Sergeant from 1951 to 1959. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Georgia in 1959 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Georgia School of Law in 1959. He was in private practice in Dalton, Georgia from 1958 to 1969, serving as solicitor general of the Conasauga Judicial Circuit from 1963 to 1968. He was a superior court judge of the Conasauga Judicial Circuit from 1969 to 1979.[1]

Federal judicial service

On June 14, 1979, Vining was nominated by President Jimmy Carter to a new seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia created by 92 Stat. 1629. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on July 23, 1979, and received his commission on July 24, 1979. He served as Chief Judge from 1995 to 1996, assuming senior status on March 31, 1996.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Robert L. Vining Jr. at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Sources

Legal offices
Preceded by
Seat established by 92 Stat. 1629		 Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
1979–1996		 Succeeded by
Thomas W. Thrash Jr.
Preceded by
William Clark O'Kelley		 Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
1995–1996		 Succeeded by
George Ernest Tidwell
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