L. Scott Coogler | |
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Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama | |
In office January 1, 2020 –December 31, 2023 | |
Preceded by | Karon O. Bowdre |
Succeeded by | R. David Proctor |
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama | |
Assumed office May 28,2003 | |
Appointed by | George W. Bush |
Preceded by | H. Dean Buttram Jr. |
Judge of the Sixth Judicial Circuit Court of Alabama | |
In office January 1999 –May 2003 [1] | |
Personal details | |
Born | Lawrence Scott Coogler October 3,1959 Nantucket,Massachusetts |
Spouse | Mitzi Hayes [1] |
Residence | Tuscaloosa,Alabama [1] |
Education | University of Alabama (BA,JD) |
Military service | |
Branch/service | United States Army Alabama Army National Guard [1] |
Years of service | 1988–1991 (active) [1] 1991–1997 (inactive) [1] |
Rank | Captain [1] |
Unit | J.A.G. Corps [1] |
Lawrence Scott Coogler (born October 3,1959) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.
Born in Nantucket,Massachusetts,Coogler received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Alabama in 1981 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Alabama School of Law in 1984. From 1982 to 1984 he was a law clerk to attorney David B. Ellis and later to Judge Paul Conger of the Sixth Judicial Circuit Court of Alabama. [1] He was in private practice in Alabama from 1984 to 1999,also serving in the Army National Guard from 1988 to 1991. He was a judge on the Sixth Judicial Circuit Court of Alabama from 1996 to 2003. He was an adjunct professor at the University of Alabama School of Law,from 2000–2003. [2]
On March 27,2003,Coogler was nominated by President George W. Bush to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama vacated by H. Dean Buttram Jr. Coogler was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 22,2003,and received his commission on May 28,2003. He became Chief Judge on January 1,2020. [3] and served until December 31,2023,being succeeded by Judge R. David Proctor. [4]
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