James Randal Hall | |
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Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia | |
In office May 5, 2017 –May 5, 2024 | |
Preceded by | Lisa Godbey Wood |
Succeeded by | R. Stan Baker |
Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia | |
Assumed office April 29,2008 | |
Appointed by | George W. Bush |
Preceded by | Berry Avant Edenfield |
Member of the Georgia Senate from the 22nd district | |
In office 2003–2004 | |
Preceded by | Charles Walker |
Succeeded by | Ed Tarver |
Personal details | |
Born | Augusta,Georgia,U.S. | November 9,1958
Political party | Republican |
Education | Augusta College (BA) University of Georgia (JD) |
James Randal Hall (born November 9,1958),known professionally as J. Randal Hall,is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia.
Hall was born in Augusta,Georgia. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Augusta University in 1979 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Georgia School of Law in 1982. During the summers of 1979,1980,and 1981 he worked for Lightning Galleries Inc in Augusta. He was in private practice in Augusta,from 1982 to 1985,and was then vice-president &legal counsel of Bankers First Corporation until 1996,thereafter returning to private practice until 2008. He is a former director of Patriot Foods,LLC and Hall-Augusta Properties,LLC. He is also a former director of Georgia Carolina Bancshares,Inc. of the First Bank of Georgia.
He served in the Georgia State Senate representing the 22nd district from 2003 to 2004. Before that,he was a member of the Augusta-Richmond Planning Commission from 1997 to 2002. In 2006,Governor Sonny Perdue appointed him to the Governor’s Task Force on Redistricting. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the 23rd district of the Georgia State Senate in 2004. In 2005 he was appointed to the Georgia Medical Center Authority by Georgia state senator Eric Johnson.
On March 19,2007,Hall was nominated by President George W. Bush to a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia vacated by Berry Avant Edenfield. Hall was confirmed by the United States Senate on April 10,2008,and received his commission on April 29,2008. [1] He served as Chief Judge from May 5,2017 [2] to May 5 2024,completing a seven-year term.
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