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Sharon Blackburn (minister)
Sharon Lovelace Blackburn (born May 7, 1950) is a Senior status, senior United States federal judge, United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. Education and career Born in Pensacola, Florida, Pensacola, Florida, Blackburn received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Alabama in 1973 and a Juris Doctor from Cumberland School of Law, Samford University, Cumberland School of Law in 1977. She was a law clerk to the Justice J. O. Sentell of the Alabama Supreme Court in 1977, and to United States District Judge Robert Varner of the Middle District of Alabama, from 1977 to 1978. She was a staff attorney of Birmingham Area Legal Services in Birmingham, Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama in 1979, and was then an Assistant United States Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, in the Civil Division from 1979 to 1985, and in the Criminal Division from 1985 to 1991. Federal judicial service On April 11, 1991, Blackbur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senior Status
Senior status is a form of semi-retirement for United States federal judges. To qualify, a judge in the Federal judiciary of the United States, federal court system must be at least 65 years old, and the sum of the judge's age and years of service as a federal judge must be at least 80 years. As long as senior judges carry at least a 25 percent caseload or meet other criteria for activity, they remain entitled to maintain a staffed office and chambers, including a secretary and their normal complement of law clerks, and they continue to receive annual cost-of-living increases. Senior judges vacate their seats on the bench, and the President of the United States, president may appoint new full-time judges to fill those seats. Some U.S. states have similar systems for senior judges. State court (United States), State courts with a similar system include Iowa (for judges on the Iowa Court of Appeals), Pennsylvania, and Virginia (for justices of the Virginia Supreme Court). Statuto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |