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Sharon Lovelace Blackburn (born May 7, 1950) is a senior
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of the
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.


Education and career

Born in
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,
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, Blackburn received a
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degree from the
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in 1973 and a
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from 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
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,
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in 1979, and was then an
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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, Blackburn was nominated by President
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to a new seat on the
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created by 104 Stat. 5089. She was confirmed by the
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on May 24, 1991, and received her commission on May 30, 1991. She served as Chief Judge from 2006 to 2013. She assumed
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on May 8, 2015.


See also

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List of first women lawyers and judges in Alabama This is a list of the first women lawyer(s) and judge(s) in Alabama. It includes the year in which the women were admitted to practice law (in parentheses). Also included are women who achieved other distinctions such becoming the first in their st ...


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