Henry Lee Adams Jr.
Henry Lee Adams Jr. | |
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| Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida | |
| Assumed office April 8, 2010 | |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida | |
| In office November 24, 1993 – April 8, 2010 | |
| Appointed by | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Susan H. Black |
| Succeeded by | Roy B. Dalton Jr. |
| Judge of the Fourth Judicial Circuit of Florida | |
| In office October 1979 – November 24, 1993 | |
| Appointed by | Bob Graham |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Henry Lee Adams Jr. April 8, 1945[1] Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. |
| Spouse | Elaine Adams[2] |
| Education | Florida A&M University (BS) Howard University School of Law (JD) |
Henry Lee Adams Jr. (born April 8, 1945) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.
Education and career
[edit]Adams was born in Jacksonville, Florida and graduated from Matthew Gilbert High School in Jacksonville in 1962. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in political science from Florida A&M University in 1966 and his Juris Doctor from Howard University School of Law in 1969.[3]
Adams was awarded Reginald Heber Smith Fellow in April 1969. He completed a Consumer Rights and Poverty Law training program at Haverford College and was assigned to the Duval County Legal Aid Association, a legal aid society in Duval County, Florida, from 1969 to 1970. He was an assistant public defender of the Fourth Judicial Circuit of Florida (Duval, Clay, and Nassau counties) from November 1970 to 1972. In January 1972, he entered private practice in Jacksonville, first with the firm of Sheppard, Fletcher, Hand & Adams and then in 1976 with Marshall and Adams. In October 1979, Governor Bob Graham appointed Adams a judge of the Fourth Judicial Circuit.
Federal judicial service
[edit]Adams remained a judge on that court until 1993, when President Bill Clinton nominated him to the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida on October 29, 1993, to the seat vacated by Judge Susan H. Black. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on November 20, 1993, and received his commission four days later. Adams was assigned to the Tampa Division of the court from December 1993 until April 2000, when he was reassigned to the Jacksonville Division. Adams assumed senior status on April 8, 2010.[3]
See also
[edit]- List of African-American federal judges
- List of African-American jurists
- List of first minority male lawyers and judges in Florida
References
[edit]- ^ Finn, Marie T. (September 2008). The American Bench: Judges of the Nation (2008-2009). Forster-Long, LLC. ISBN 9780931398582.
- ^ Confirmation hearings on federal appointments : hearings before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Third Congress, first session on confirmations of appointees to the federal judiciary. 4.J 89/2:S.HRG.103-1031/ pt.1 (1995)
- ^ a b Henry Lee Adams Jr. at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- Henry Lee Adams Jr. at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
External links
[edit]- 1945 births
- Living people
- Florida A&M University alumni
- Howard University School of Law alumni
- Florida state court judges
- Judges of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida
- United States district court judges appointed by Bill Clinton
- African-American judges
- 21st-century African-American lawyers
- 21st-century American lawyers
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- Lawyers from Jacksonville, Florida
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