Charles Smith (Alabama)
Charles Lynwood Smith Jr. is a federal judge on senior status with the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. He joined the court on December 26, 1995, after being nominated by President Bill Clinton.
Early life and education
Born in Talladega, Alabama, Smith earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Alabama in 1966 and his master's degree from Rutgers University in 1967. Smith earned his J.D. from the University of Alabama School of Law in 1971.[1]
Professional career
- 2013 - Present: Senior judge
- 1995-2013: Judge
- 1981-1995: Judge, 23rd Judicial Circuit Court of Alabama
- 1981: Judge, Madison County District Court, Alabama
- 1972-1981: Private practice, Huntsville, Ala.
- 1972-1976: Lecturer in political science, University of Alabama
- 1971-1972: Law clerk, Hon. Frank McFadden, United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama[2]
Judicial career
Northern District of Alabama
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| Nominee Information |
| Name: C. Lynwood Smith |
| Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama |
| Progress |
| Confirmed 14 days after nomination. |
 Nominated: December 8, 1995
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| ABA Rating: Unanimously Well Qualified
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| Questionnaire: |
| Hearing: December 19, 1995
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| QFRs: (Hover over QFRs to read more) |
| Reported: December 21, 1995
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| Confirmed: December 22, 1995
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| Vote: Voice vote
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Smith was nominated to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama by President Bill Clinton on December 8, 1995, to a seat vacated by Elbert Haltom. The American Bar Association rated Smith Unanimously Well Qualified for the nomination. Hearings on Smith's nomination were held before the Senate Judiciary Committee on December 19, 1995, and his nomination was reported by U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) on December 21, 1995. Smith was confirmed on a voice vote of the U.S. Senate on December 22, 1995, and he received his commission on December 26, 1995. Smith elected to take senior status beginning on August 31, 2013.[1][3][4]
Noteworthy cases
Judge puts an end to drug-testing for new county government employees (2014)
In April 2014, Judge Smith ruled that new government employees in Jefferson County, Alabama, would not have to be drug tested prior to hiring, as he reasoned that the practice conflicted with the Fourth Amendment. Judge Smith agreed with Ronald Sims, the court-appointed receiver who first ordered that the drug testing be halted due to constitutional concerns.
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See also
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama
- United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Federal Judicial Center, "Biography of Judge Charles Lynwood Smith Jr.," accessed June 20, 2017
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedFJC Bio - ↑ United States Congress, "PN 760 — C. Lynwood Smith — The Judiciary," accessed June 20, 2017
- ↑ American Bar Association, "Ratings of Article III judicial nominees, 104th Congress," accessed June 20, 2017
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Elbert Haltom |
Northern District of Alabama 1995–2013 Seat #6 |
Succeeded by: Liles Burke
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| 1993 |
Adams • Ambrose • Barnes • Brinkema • Bucklew • Chasanow • Coffman • Daughtrey • Ferguson • Ginsburg • Hagen • Jackson • Lancaster • Leval • Lindsay • Messitte • Michael • Piersol • Saris • Schwartz • Seybert • Shanahan • Shaw • Stearns • Trager • Vazquez • Wilken • Wilson | ||
| 1994 |
Baer • Barkett • Batts • Beaty • Benavides • Bennett • Berrigan • Biery • Block • Borman • Breyer • Briones • Bryson • Bucklo • Burgess • Burrage • Cabranes • Calabresi • Carr • Casellas • Castillo • Chatigny • Chin • Cindrich • Coar • Collins • Cooper • Cote • Currie • Davis • Dominguez • Downes • Duval • Friedman • Furgeson • Garcia • Gertner • Gettleman • Gillmor • Gilmore • Gleeson • Haggerty • Hamilton • Hannah • Hawkins • Henry • Holmes • Hood • Hull • Hurley • Jack • Jones • Jones • Kaplan • Katz • Kern • Kessler • Koeltl • Lisi • Manning • McKee • McLaughlin • Melancon • Miles-LaGrange • Moore • Motz • Murphy • O'Malley • O'Meara • Oliver • Paez • B. Parker • F. Parker • R. Parker • Perry • Ponsor • Pooler • Porteous • Rendell • Riley • Robertson • Rogers • Ross • Russell • Sands • Sarokin • Scheindlin • Silver • Squatrito • Stewart • Sullivan • Tatel • Thompson • Timlin • Urbina • Vanaskie • Vance • Walls • Wells • Williams | ||
| 1995 |
Arterton • Atlas • Black • Blake • Briscoe • Tena Campbell • Todd Campbell • Chesney • Cole • Collier • Daniel • Davis • Dennis • Dlott • Donald • Duffy • Economus • Evans • Fallon • Folsom • Gaughan • Goodwin • Heartfield • Hunt • Illston • Jones • King • Kornmann • Lawson • Lenard • Lucero • Lynch • McKinley • Moody • Moore • Moskowitz • Murphy • Murtha • Nugent • O'Toole • Orlofsky • Pogue • Sessions • C. Smith • O. Smith • Stein • Thornburg • Tunheim • Wallach • Wardlaw • Webber • Whaley • Winmill • Wood | ||
| 1996 |
Broadwater • Clevert • Fenner • Gershon • Gottschall • Greenaway • Hinkle • Jones • Kahn • Laughrey • Lemmon • Marten • Miller • Molloy • Montgomery • Pregerson • Rakoff • Sargus • Tashima • Thomas • Zapata | ||
| 1997 |
Adelman • Bataillon • Breyer • Caputo • Casey • Chambers • Clay • Damrell • Droney • Friedman • Gajarsa • Garland • Gilman • Gold • Gwin • Hall • Hayden • Hull • Ishii • Jenkins • Kauffman • Kennedy • Kimball • Kollar-Kotelly • Lazzara • Marbley • Marcus • Middlebrooks • Miller • Moon • Pratt • Rendell • Sippel • Siragusa • Snyder • Thrash | ||
| 1998 |
Aiken • Barbier • Barzilay • Berman • Buttram • Carter • Collins • Dawson • Dimitrouleas • Fletcher • Fogel • Frank • Graber • Hellerstein • Herndon • James • Johnson • Kane • Kelly • G. King • R. King • Lasnik • Lee • Lemelle • Lindsay • Lipez • Manella • Matz • McCuskey • McKeown • McMahon • Mickle • Mollway • Mordue • Moreno • Morrow • Munley • Murphy • Pallmeyer • Pauley • Polster • Pooler • Rawlinson • Ridgway • R. Roberts • V. Roberts • Sack • Scott • Seitz • Seymour • Shea • Silverman • Sleet • Sotomayor • Steeh • Story • Straub • Tagle • Tarnow • Trauger • Traxler • Tyson • Wardlaw • Whelan • Young | ||
| 1999 |
Alsup • Barry • Brown • Buchwald • Cooper • Eaton • Ellison • Feess • Fisher • Gould • Guzman • Haynes • Hibbler • Hochberg • Hurd • Huvelle • Jordan • Katzmann • Kennelly • Linn • Lorenz • Lynn • Marrero • Murguia • Pannell • Pechman • Pepper • Phillips • Schreier • Stewart • Underhill • Ward • Williams • Wilson | ||
| 2000 |
Ambro • Antoon • Battani • Berzon • Bolton • Brady • Bye • Cavanaugh • Daniels • Darrah • Dawson • Dyk • Fuentes • Garaufis • Garcia-Gregory • Hamilton • Huck • Hunt • Lawson • Lefkow • Lynch • Martin • McLaughlin • Moody • Murguia • Paez • Pisano • Presnell • Rawlinson • Reagan • Schiller • Singal • Steele • Surrick • Swain • Tallman • Teilborg • Tucker • Whittemore | ||
Federal courts:
Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Northern District of Alabama, Middle District of Alabama, Southern District of Alabama • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Northern District of Alabama, Middle District of Alabama, Southern District of Alabama
State courts:
Alabama Supreme Court • Alabama Court of Civil Appeals • Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals • Alabama Circuit Courts • Alabama District Courts • Alabama Juvenile Courts • Alabama Municipal Courts • Alabama Probate Courts • Alabama Small Claims Courts
State resources:
Courts in Alabama • Alabama judicial elections • Judicial selection in Alabama
