Lawrence Scott Coogler (born October 3, 1959) is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.
L. Scott Coogler
Alabama Northern District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama
Born 1959 in Nantucket, MA
FJC ID: 3008
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 2/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 37/year
Alabama Northern District Court · 2003–2025
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
Distinguished professor of the practice of law · 2025–present- Judicial Conference of the United StatesMember · 2020–2024
- Alabama Circuit Court, Sixth Judicial CircuitJudge · 1996–2003
- Adjunct professor · 2000–2003
- Private practice, Alabama1984–1999
U.S. Army National Guard1988–1991- Alabama Circuit Court, Sixth Judicial CircuitLaw clerk , Hon. Paul Conger · 1984
Appointments
2003–2025 · Appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)Term ended: Retirement
Education
- J.D. · 1984
- University of AlabamaB.A. · 1981