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Ira De Ment
Ira De Ment was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama. He passed away in July 2011 after serving as a senior judge since 2002.[1]
De Ment was nominated by President George H.W. Bush on November 14, 1991, to a seat vacated by Truman Hobbs; he was confirmed by the Senate on March 13, 1992, and received commission on March 18. He assumed senior status on April 15, 2002. De Ment was succeeded in this position by Mark Fuller.
Early life and education
- University of Alabama, B.S., 1953
- University of Alabama School of Law, J.D., 1958
Professional career
- U.S. Army Reserve Lieutenant Colonel, 1953-1974
- U.S. Air Force Reserve Major General, JAG Corps, 1982-1986
- Law clerk, Hon. Pelham J. Merrill, Supreme Court of Alabama, 1958-1959
- Assistant state attorney general, Alabama, 1959
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Middle District of Alabama, 1959-1961
- Private practice, Montgomery, Alabama, 1961-1969
- Assistant city attorney, City of Montgomery, Alabama, 1965-1969
- U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama, 1969-1977
- Private practice, Montgomery, Alabama, 1977-1992
- Special counsel, Governor Fob James, State of Alabama, 1980-1982
- Special counsel, Governor George C. Wallace, State of Alabama, 1983-1986
- Special counsel, Governor Guy Hunt, State of Alabama, 1987-1988, 1991
- Chief judge, Wake Island Court of Appeals, 1985-1992
Judicial nominations and appointments
Middle District of Alabama
De Ment was nominated by President George H.W. Bush on November 14, 1991, to a seat vacated by Truman Hobbs; he was confirmed by the Senate on March 13, 1992, and received commission on March 18. He assumed senior status on April 15, 2002.[2] De Ment was succeeded in this position by Mark Fuller.
External links
- Biography from the Federal Judicial Center
Footnotes
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Truman Hobbs |
Middle District of Alabama 1992–2002 Seat #3 |
Succeeded by: Mark Fuller
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| 1989 |
Barksdale • Bonner • Buckwalter • Cyr • Fernandez • Garbis • Harmon • Lee • Lindberg • Lodge • Nelson • Nottingham • Plager • Rosen • Rymer • Smith • Spatt • Thomas • VanBebber • J. Walker • V. Walker • Wiener • Wright | ||
| 1990 |
Alito • Amon • Birch • Boudin • Cleland • Clevenger • Dubina • Hamilton • Henderson • Hood • Hornby • Jones • Kent • Levi • Loken • Lourie • Martin • McBryde • McClure • McKenna • McLaughlin • McNamee • Moreno • Mullen • Nelson • Nickerson • Niemeyer • Norton • Parker • Pickering • Rader • Rainey • Randolph • Shanstrom • Shedd • Shubb • Singleton • Skretny • Souter • Sparr • Stahl • Stamp • Suhrheinrich • Taylor • Vollmer • Ware • Wilson | ||
| 1991 |
Albritton • Andersen • Armstrong • Arnold • Bartle • Bassler • Batchelder • Beckwith • Belot • Benson • Blackburn • Bramlette • Brody • Brody • Burrell • Carnes • Caulfield • Cauthron • Clement • Collier • Conway • Cooper • Dalzell • DeMent • DeMoss • Doherty • Echols • Edmunds • Faber • Freeh • Gaitan • Garza • Graham • Haik • Hamilton • Hansen • Hendren • Herlong • Highsmith • Hogan • Huff • Hurley • Irenas • Johnson • Joyner • Kelly • Kleinfeld • Legg • Leonard • Lewis • Longstaff • Lungstrum • Luttig • Matia • McCalla • McDade • McKeague • McKelvie • Means • Merryday • Moore • Morgan • Nielsen • Nimmons • Osteen Sr. • Padova • Payne • Reinhard • Robinson • Robreno • Roll • Roth • Schlesinger • Scullin • Siler • Solis • Sotomayor • Sparks • Stohr • Thomas • Traxler • Trimble • Ungaro • Van Sickle • Wanger • Werlein • Whyte • Yohn | ||
| 1992 |
Baird • Barbadoro • Black • Boudin • Carnes • Covello • DiClerico • Gilbert • Gonzalez • Gorton • Hansen • Heyburn • Jackson • Jacobs • Keeley • Kendall • Kopf • Kyle • Lewis • McAuliffe • McLaughlin • Melloy • Preska • Quist • Randa • Rosenthal • Rovner • Schall • Sedwick • Simandle • Stahl • Vratil • Williams | ||
