Clay Daniel Land (born March 24, 1960) is an American lawyer who serves as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia.
Clay D. Land
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia
Born 1960 in Shreveport, LA
FJC ID: 2911
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 8/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 6/year
Georgia Middle District Court · 2001–
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, Columbus, Georgia1985–2001
- GeorgiaState senator · 1995–2000
- Columbus, GeorgiaCity councilor · 1993–1994
Appointments
2001–present · Appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Education
J.D. · 1985- University of GeorgiaB.B.A. · 1982