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Albert John Henderson

Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Born 1920 in Canton, GA

Died 1999 in Marietta, GA

FJC ID: 1021

Albert John Henderson (December 12, 1920 – May 11, 1999) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and earlier was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.

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Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. Superior Court of Cobb County [Georgia]
    Judge · 1961–1968
  2. Private practice, Marietta, Georgia
    1948–1960
  3. Cobb County [Georgia] Juvenile Court
    Judge · 1953–1960
  4. Assistant Solicitor General's Office, Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit, Georgia
    Assistant Solicitor General's Office, Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit, Georgia
    Trial attorney · 1949–1952
  5. Lawyers Title Insurance Company, Atlanta, Georgia
    Underwriter · 1947–1948
  6. U.S. Army sergeant
    1943–1945

Appointments

  1. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
    1981–1999 (None (reassignment))
    Term ended: Death
  2. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    1979–1981 · Appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
    Term ended: Reassignment
  3. Georgia Northern District Court
    U.S. District Court for the Northern District of GeorgiaChief Judge
    1968–1979 · Appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)
    Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position

Education

  1. Mercer University School of Law
    LL.B. · 1947