Thomas W. Thrash Jr.

Thomas Woodrow Thrash Jr. (born May 8, 1951) is the Chief United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.

Thomas Woodrow Thrash Jr.
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
Assumed office
July 31, 2014
Preceded byJulie E. Carnes
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
Assumed office
August 1, 1997
Appointed byBill Clinton
Preceded byRobert L. Vining Jr.
Personal details
Born
Thomas Woodrow Thrash Jr.

(1951-05-08) May 8, 1951
Birmingham, Alabama
Children2, including Maggie Thrash
EducationUniversity of Virginia (B.A.)
Harvard Law School (J.D.)

Education and career

Born in Birmingham, Alabama, Thrash received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Virginia in 1973 and a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School in 1976. He was in private practice in Atlanta, Georgia from 1976 to 1977. He was then an assistant district attorney of Fulton County District Attorney's Office from until 1980. He resumed his private practice in Atlanta from 1981 to 1997. He was a Law professor at Georgia State University from 1986 to 1997.

Federal judicial service

On January 7, 1997, Thrash was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia vacated by Robert L. Vining Jr.. Thrash was confirmed by the United States Senate on July 31, 1997, and received his commission on August 1, 1997. He became Chief Judge on July 31, 2014.

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Legal offices
Preceded by
Robert L. Vining Jr.
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
1997–present
Incumbent
Preceded by
Julie E. Carnes
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
2014–present


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