Edward Earl Carnes (born June 3, 1950) is an American judge who is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
Edward Earl Carnes
Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals
Chief Judge — U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Born 1950 in Albertville, AL
FJC ID: 377
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 18/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 548/year
Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals · 1992–
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
- Judicial Conference of the United StatesMember · 2013–2020
State of AlabamaAssistant attorney general · 1975–1992- ↳chief, Capital Punishment Post-Conviction Litigation Division · 1981–1992
Appointments
1992–2020 · Appointed by George H.W. Bush (Republican)
Education
J.D. · 1975- University of AlabamaB.S. · 1972