Jerusha Adams

Jerusha Adams

Nonpartisan

United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Tenure

2019 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

6

Education

Bachelor's

Western Michigan University, 1997

Law

Emory University School of Law, 2000

Jerusha T. Adams is a federal magistrate judge for the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama. Adams joined the court on November 12, 2019.

Education

Adams obtained a B.A., cum laude, from Western Michigan University in 1997. She obtained a J.D. from Emory University School of Law in 2000.

Professional career

Before becoming a federal magistrate judge with the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama in 2019, Adams was a partner and civil litigator at the law firm of Capell & Howard P.C. Before that, she worked for 11 years as an assistant U.S. attorney at the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Middle District of Alabama. She was a law clerk to Judge Keith Watkins on the United States District Judge of the Middle District of Alabama; chambers staff attorney for Judge Joel Dubina, senior judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit; and a judicial law clerk to Judges Mark Fuller and Truman Hobbs, and to Magistrate Judge Vanzetta McPherson.

Judicial career

Middle District of Alabama, magistrate

Adams joined the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama as a federal magistrate judge after an appointment in 2019.

See also

• United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama
• United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit

External links

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• Biography from the Middle District of Alabama
• Middle District of Alabama website

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