Frank M. Hull

Frank Mays Hull
Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Incumbent
Assumed office December 31, 2017
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
In office September 18, 1997 – December 31, 2017
Appointed by	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Phyllis A. Kravitch
Succeeded by	Elizabeth L. Branch
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
In office May 9, 1994 – October 2, 1997
Appointed by	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Marvin Herman Shoob
Succeeded by	Charles A. Pannell Jr.
Judge of the Fulton County Superior Court of Georgia[1]
In office August 1990 – May 1994[1]
Judge of the Fulton County State Court of Georgia[1]
In office November 1984 – August 1990[1]
Personal details
Born	Frank Mays Hull[1] (1948-12-09) December 9, 1948 (age 72) Augusta, Georgia
Spouse(s)	Antonin "Tony" Aeck[1]
Education	Randolph College (BA) Emory University School of Law (JD)

Frank Mays Hull (born December 9, 1948) is a Senior United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

Education[]

Hull received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Randolph-Macon Woman's College (now Randolph College) in 1970. She received her Juris Doctor from Emory University School of Law in 1973. She graduated cum laude, Order of the Coif, and was on the Law Review.

Legal career[]

Hull was a law clerk to Judge Elbert P. Tuttle of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit from 1973 to 1974. She was an associate attorney with the law firm Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy, in Atlanta, Georgia from 1974 to 1980 and a partner there from 1980 to 1984. She served as a Judge for the State Court of Fulton County, Georgia from 1984 to 1990, as a Judge for the Superior Court of Fulton County, Georgia from 1990 to 1994.

Federal judicial service[]

Hull was nominated by Bill Clinton on February 9, 1994, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia vacated by Marvin Herman Shoob. She was confirmed by the Senate on May 6, 1994, and received commission on May 9, 1994. Her service terminated on October 2, 1997, due to elevation to the Eleventh Circuit.

She was nominated by President Bill Clinton on June 18, 1997, for the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit to a seat vacated by Phyllis A. Kravitch who took senior status. She was confirmed by the United States Senate in a 96–0 vote on September 4, 1997. She received her commission on September 18, 1997. She assumed senior status on December 31, 2017.

Sources[]

• Frank M. Hull at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

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