Kristi DuBose
Kristi Kaye DuBose (born October 1, 1964) is the Chief United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama.
Kristi DuBose | |
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| Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama | |
| Assumed office February 22, 2017 | |
| Preceded by | William H. Steele |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama | |
| Assumed office December 27, 2005 | |
| Appointed by | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Charles Randolph Butler Jr. |
| Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama | |
| In office January 2000 – December 2005[1] | |
| Deputy Attorney General of Alabama | |
| In office December 1994 – December 1996[1] | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Kristi Kaye DuBose[2] October 1, 1964 Brewton, Alabama |
| Education | Huntingdon College (BA) Emory University School of Law (JD) |
Early life and education
Born in Brewton, Alabama, DuBose graduated from Huntingdon College with her Bachelor of Arts degree in 1986 and later graduated from the Emory University School of Law in Atlanta with her Juris Doctor in 1989.[3]
Legal career
DuBose started her legal career as a law clerk to former Judge Peter Hill Beer in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana from 1989 to 1990. In 1990, DuBose joined the US Attorney's Office as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama from 1990 to 1993 before being appointed Assistant district attorney in the Covington County District Attorney's Office in 1994. In 1994, DuBose was appointed by Jim Folsom, Jr. the Governor of Alabama a Deputy attorney general in the Alabama Attorney General's Office from 1994 to 1996 before serving as Chief counsel for Alabama's Senior U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions from 1997 to 1999.[3]
Federal judicial career
On the unanimous recommendation of Senators Jeff Sessions and Richard Shelby, DuBose was nominated by President George W. Bush on September 28, 2005 to a seat vacated by Charles Randolph Butler Jr. DuBose was confirmed by the Senate on December 21, 2005 on a Senate vote and received commission on December 27, 2005.[3] She became Chief Judge in 2017.
References
- Confirmation hearings on federal appointments : hearings before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Ninth Congress, first session. pt.2 (2006) - page 212
- https://www.martindale.com/mobile/alabama/kristi-kaye-dubose-604295-a/
- "DuBose, Kristi - Federal Judicial Center". www.fjc.gov.
Sources
- Kristi DuBose at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
| Legal offices | ||
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| Preceded by Charles Randolph Butler Jr. |
Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama 2005–present |
Incumbent |
| Preceded by William H. Steele |
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama 2017–present | |