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Joel Dubina
2013 - Present
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Joel Fredrick Dubina is a federal judge on senior status with the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit. He joined the court in 1990 after an appointment from President George H.W. Bush. Dubina served as chief judge of the Eleventh Circuit from 2009 to 2013. Prior to his service on the Eleventh Circuit, Dubina was a district judge on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama.[1]
Early life and education
A native of Elkhart, Indiana, Dubina earned his B.S. from the University of Alabama in 1970 and his J.D. from Samford University's Cumberland School of Law in 1973.[1]
Professional career
- 1990 - Present: United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit
- 2013 - Present: Senior judge
- 1990-2013: Judge
- 1986-1990: District judge
- 1983-1986: Magistrate judge
- 1974-1983: Private practice, Montgomery, Ala.
- 1973-1974: Law clerk, Hon. Robert Varner, United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama[1]
Judicial nominations and appointments
11th Circuit Court of Appeals
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| Nominee Information |
| Name: Joel F. Dubina |
| Court: United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit |
| Progress |
| Confirmed 113 days after nomination. |
 Nominated: June 7, 1990
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| ABA Rating: Unanimously Well Qualified
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| Questionnaire: |
| Hearing: September 11, 1990
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| QFRs: (Hover over QFRs to read more) |
| Reported: September 27, 1990
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| Confirmed: September 28, 1990
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| Vote: Unanimous consent
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Dubina was nominated by President George H.W. Bush on June 7, 1990, to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit vacated by Robert Vance as Vance died in judicial service. The American Bar Association rated Dubina Unanimously Well Qualified for the nomination.[2] Hearings on Dubina's nomination were held before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary on September 11, 1990, and his nomination was reported by then-U.S. Sen. Joseph Biden (D-Del.) on September 27, 1990. Dubina was confirmed by the unanimous consent of the U.S. Senate on September 28, 1990, and he received his commission on October 1, 1990. Dubina served as chief judge for the Eleventh Circuit from 2009 to 2013. He assumed senior status on October 26, 2013. He was succeeded in this position by Judge Kevin Newsom.[1][3]
Middle District of Alabama
Dubina was nominated by President Ronald Reagan on July 30, 1986, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama vacated by Robert Varner. Hearings on Dubina's nomination were held before the Senate Judiciary Committee on August 13, 1986, and his nomination was reported by U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.) on September 11, 1986. Dubina was confirmed on a voice vote of the United States Senate on September 12, 1986, and he received his commission on September 15, 1986. Dubina resigned from the district court on October 5, 1990, upon his elevation to the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals.[1][4] He was succeeded in this position by Judge William Albritton.
See also
- United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit
- United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama
External links
- Judge Dubina's biography from the Federal Judicial Center
- Judge Dubina's biography from the Eleventh Circuit website
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution, "Chief judge may wait before taking senior status," February 4, 2013
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Federal Judicial Center, "Biographical directory of federal judges," accessed August 17, 2016
- ↑ American Bar Association, "Ratings of Article III judicial nominees, 101st Congress," accessed August 17, 2016
- ↑ United States Congress, "PN 1334 - Joel F. Dubina — The Judiciary," accessed August 17, 2016
- ↑ United States Congress, "PN 1268 - Joel F. Dubina — The Judiciary," accessed August 17, 2016
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Robert Varner |
Middle District of Alabama 1986–1990 Seat #2 |
Succeeded by: William Albritton |
| Preceded by: Robert Vance |
Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals 1986–2013 |
Succeeded by: Kevin Newsom
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|---|---|---|---|
| Active judges |
Chief Judge: William Pryor • Adalberto Jordan • Barbara Lagoa • Robin Rosenbaum • Jill Pryor • Elizabeth Branch • Robert J. Luck • Britt Grant • Kevin Newsom • Andrew Brasher • Embry Kidd • Nancy Gbana Abudu | ||
| Senior judges |
Stanley Marcus • Julie Carnes • Robert Lanier Anderson • Gerald Tjoflat • James Edmondson (Federal judge) • Joel Dubina • Susan Black (Eleventh Circuit) • Frank Hull • Charles Wilson (Florida) • Edward Carnes • | ||
| Former judges | Beverly Martin • Peter Fay • John Godbold • Phyllis Kravitch • Joseph Hatchett • Albert Henderson • Paul Roney • David Dyer • Elbert Tuttle • Thomas Clark (Eleventh Circuit) • Richard Rives • Robert Vance • Lewis Morgan • Emmett Cox • Stanley Birch • Rosemary Barkett • James Hill (Federal judge) • Warren Leroy Jones • John Bryan Simpson • Frank M. Johnson, Jr. • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
John Godbold • Robert Lanier Anderson • Gerald Tjoflat • Joseph Hatchett • James Edmondson (Federal judge) • Paul Roney • Joel Dubina • Edward Carnes • | ||
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| 1981 |
Bartlett • Beam • Becker • Bork • Cacheris • Cardamone • Chapman • Coughenour • Cox • Crow • Cyr • Doumar • Eschbach • Forrester • Garwood • Gibson • Glasser • Hall • Hamilton • Head • Jones • Kiser • Krenzler • Lee • Magnuson • McLaughlin • Miner • Moore • Nowlin • O'Connor • Pierce • Posner • Potter • Russell • Ryan • Shabaz • Sprizzo • Stevens • Waters • Wilhoit • Wilkins • Winter | ||
| 1982 |
Acker • Acosta • Altimari • Bell • Bissell • Black • Bullock • Caldwell • Coffey • Contie • Coyle • Dowd • Fagg • Fong • Fox • Gadbois • Gibson • Ginsburg • Hart • Higginbotham • Hogan • Irving • Jackson • Jolly • Kanne • Kovachevich • Krupansky • Lynch • Mansmann • McNamara • Mencer • Mentz • Mihm • Moody • Nordberg • Paul • Pieras • Plunkett • Porfilio • Potter • Pratt • Rafeedie • Restani • Roberts • Scalia • Selya • Telesca • Wellford | ||
| 1983 |
Baldock • Barbour • Barry • Bowman • Carman • Carter • Curran • Davis • Dorsey • Feldman • Fish • Flaum • Gibbons • Hallanan • Harris • Hinojosa • Hull • Hupp • Katz • Keenan • Kelly • Kram • Laffitte • Limbaugh, Sr. • Limbaugh, Sr. • Milburn • Nesbitt • Nevas • O'Neill • Rymer • Sharp • Starr • Vinson • Vukasin • Wexler • Woods | ||
| 1984 |
Barker • Beezer • Biggers • Billings • Bissell • Boyle • Brewster • Browning • DiCarlo • Duhe • Garcia • George • Hall • Hargrove • Higgins • Hill • Holland • Ideman • Jarvis • Keller • Leavy • Lee • Legge • Leisure • Little • Livaudais • Longobardi • McKibben • Milburn • Newman • Norgle • Prado • Rea • Rosenblatt • Rovner • Scirica • Smith, Jr. • Sneeden • Stotler • Suhrheinrich • Torruella • Wiggins • Wilkinson | ||
| 1985 |
Alley • Altimari • Anderson • Aquilino • Archer • Arnold • Baldock • Batchelder • Battey • Broomfield • Brown • Brown • Brunetti • Buckley • Cobb • Conmy • Cowen • Davidson • Dimmick • Duff • Easterbrook • Edgar • Farnan • Fernandez • Fitzpatrick • Fuste • Greene • Gunn • Guy • Hall • Hilton • Holderman • Hughes • Johnson • Jones • Korman • Kozinski • La Plata • Leinenweber • Letts • Lovell • Ludwig • Maloney • Mansmann • Marcus • McDonald • Meredith • Miller • Mills • Miner • Motz • Nelson • Noonan • Porfilio • Revercomb • Rhoades • Ripple • Rodriguez • Rosenbaum • Roth • Ryan • Sam • Scott • Sentelle • Silberman • Sporkin • Stanton • Stapleton • Strand • Strom • Tacha • Tevrizian • Thompson • Todd • Tsoucalas • Walker • Walter • Weber • Williams • Wilson • Wingate • Wolf • Wollman • Young • Zloch | ||
| 1986 |
Anderson • Boggs • Bryan • Cedarbaum • Cholakis • Conway • Davies • Dearie • Dubina • Duggan • Edmondson • Fawsett • Fitzwater • Gex • Graham • Hackett • Hansen • Henderson • Hittner • Howard • Jensen • Kay • Kleinfeld • Kosik • Lagueux • Lechner • Magill • Mahoney • Manion • McAvoy • McQuade • Norris • O'Scannlain • Rehnquist • Ryskamp • Scalia • Selya • Simpson • Smalkin • Spencer • Stiehl • Wilkins • Williams • Woodlock • Zatkoff | ||
| 1987 |
Alesia • Beam • Bell • Conboy • Cowen • Cummings • Daronco • Doty • Dwyer • Ebel • Ellis • Gadola • Gawthrop • Greenberg • Harrington • Howard • Hoyt • Hutchinson • Kanne • Kelly • Larimer • Leavy • Lew • Marsh • Mayer • McKinney • Michel • Mukasey • Musgrave • Niemeyer • Parker • Phillips • Politan • Pro • Raggi • Reasoner • Reed • Scirica • Sentelle • Smith • Smith • Stadtmueller • Standish • Tinder • Torres • Trott • Turner • Van Antwerpen • Voorhees • Webb • Whipple • Wolin • Wolle • Wood • Zagel | ||
| 1988 |
Arcara • Babcock • Brorby • Butler • Cambridge • Camp • Conlon • Cox • Dubois • Duhe • Ezra • Forester • Friedman • Garza • Hutton • Jordan • Kennedy • Lake • Lamberth • Lifland • Lozano • Marovich • Nygaard • Patterson • Schell • Smith • Smith • Tilley • Waldman • Zilly | ||
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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 | ||
