Ira De Ment

Judge Ira De Ment

Personal

Birthday:

12/21/1931

Birthplace:

Birmingham, AL

Date of Death:

7/16/2011

Place of Death:

Montgomery, AL

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

U.S. Army Reserve lieutenant colonel, 1953-1974
U.S. Air Force Reserve major general and judge advocate, 1982-1986
Law clerk, Hon. Pelham J. Merrill, Supreme Court of Alabama, 1958-1959
Assistant attorney general, State of Alabama, 1959
Assistant U.S. attorney, Middle District of Alabama, 1959-1961
Private practice, Montgomery, Alabama, 1961-1969, 1977-1992
Assistant city attorney, Montgomery, Alabama, 1965-1969
U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Alabama, 1969-1977
Special counsel, Gov. Fob James, Alabama, 1980-1982
Special counsel, Gov. George C. Wallace, Alabama, 1983-1986
Special counsel, Gov. Guy Hunt, Alabama, 1987-1988, 1991
Chief judge, Wake Island Court of Appeals, 1985-1992

Education

Name of School:

University of Alabama

Degree:

B.S.

Degree Year:

1953

Name of School - Second:

University of Alabama School of Law

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Degree - Second:

J.D.

Degree Year - Second:

1958

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. District Court, Middle District of Alabama

Court Name:

Alabama Middle District Court

President Nominating:

George H.W. Bush

Party Affiliation of President:

Republican

Commission Date:

3/18/1992

Retirement from Active Service:

4/15/2002

Termination Date:

7/16/2011

Termination Reason:

Death