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R. David Proctor

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R. David Proctor

Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

Incumbent

Assumed office
January 1, 2024

Preceded by

L. Scott Coogler

Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

Incumbent

Assumed office
September 22, 2003

Appointed by

George W. Bush

Preceded by

Seat established by 116 Stat. 1758

Personal details

Born

Robert David Proctor

December 5, 1960 (age 63)
Atlanta, Georgia

Education

Carson–Newman College (BA)
University of Tennessee (JD)

Robert David Proctor (born December 5, 1960) is the chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.

Education and career[edit]

Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Proctor received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Carson–Newman College, (now Carson–Newman University), in 1983 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Tennessee College of Law in 1986. He was a law clerktoHiram Emory Widener Jr. of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit from 1986 to 1987. He was in private practice in Birmingham, Alabama, from 1987 to 2003.

Federal judicial service[edit]

On May 1, 2003, Proctor was nominated by President George W. Bush to a new seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama created by 116 Stat. 1758. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 17, 2003, and received his commission on September 22, 2003. He became chief judge on January 1, 2024.^[1]