Uriah W. Clemon (born April 9, 1943) is an Alabama attorney in private practice and a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. He was among the first ten African-American lawyers admitted to the Alabama bar. In 1974 he was one of the first two African Americans elected to the Alabama Senate since Reconstruction.
U. W. Clemon
Alabama Northern District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama
Born 1943 in Fairfield, AL
FJC ID: 455
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 2/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 6/year
Alabama Northern District Court · 1980–2009
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
- African American
Prior employment
- Private practice, Birmingham, Alabama1969–1980
- AlabamaState senator · 1975–1980
Appointments
1980–2009 · Appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)Term ended: Retirement
Education
J.D. · 1968- Miles CollegeB.A. · 1965