Frank Arthur Hooper (April 21, 1895 – February 11, 1985) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.
Frank Arthur Hooper
Georgia Northern District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
Born 1895 in Americus, GA
Died 1985 in Atlanta, GA
FJC ID: 1090
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 4/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 8/year
Georgia Northern District Court · 1950–1985
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
- Fulton County [Georgia] Superior CourtJudge · 1943–1949
- Private practice, Atlanta, Georgia1919–1943
- Atlanta Law SchoolInstructor · 1934–1943
- Atlanta, GeorgiaAssistant city attorney · 1940–1943
- Court of Appeals of GeorgiaJudge · 1932
- GeorgiaState representative · 1925–1928
- Court of Appeals of GeorgiaLaw clerk , Hon. Walter F. George · 1917–1919
- U.S. Naval Reserve lieutenant1919
Appointments
1950–1985 · Appointed by Harry S Truman (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
- Atlanta Law SchoolLL.B., LL.M.
- Georgia School of Technology (now Georgia Institute of Technology)
- Read law1916