Berry Avant Edenfield (August 2, 1934 – May 9, 2015) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia.
Berry Avant Edenfield
Georgia Southern District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia
Born 1934 in Bulloch County, GA
Died 2015 in Savannah, GA
FJC ID: 684
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 2/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 45/year
Georgia Southern District Court · 1978–2015
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Private practice, Statesboro, Georgia1958–1978
- GeorgiaState senator · 1965–1966
- Georgia Army National Guard1957–1963
Appointments
1978–2015 · Appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
LL.B. · 1958- University of GeorgiaB.B.A. · 1956