Phyllis Kravitch
Phyllis A. Kravitch was a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit. She was reassigned to a new seat on the Eleventh Circuit on October 1, 1981, which was created by a statute reorganizing the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit. She elected to take senior status beginning on December 31, 1996, and she served as a senior federal judge until her death on June 15, 2017.
Prior to her reassignment to the Eleventh Circuit, Judge Kravitch served on the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit from 1979 to 1981.[1]
Early life and education
Born in Savannah, Georgia, Kravitch earned her B.A. from Goucher College in 1941 and her LL.B. from the University of Pennsylvania School of Law in 1943.[1]
Professional career
- 1996-2017: Senior judge
- 1981-1996: Judge
- 1979-1981: Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit
- 1977-1979: Judge, Superior Court of Georgia
- 1944-1976: Private practice, Savannah, Ga.
Judicial career
Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals
Kravitch was reassigned to a new seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit on October 1, 1981, which was created by a statute reorganizing the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit. She elected to take senior status beginning on December 31, 1996, and she served as a senior federal judge until her death on June 15, 2017. She was succeeded in this position by Judge Frank Hull.[1]
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Kravitch was nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit by President Jimmy Carter on January 19, 1979, to a seat vacated by Lewis Morgan. Kravitch was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on March 21, 1979, and she received her commission on March 23, 1979. Kravitch's service on the Fifth Circuit terminated on October 1, 1981, due to her reassignment to the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals.[1]
See also
- United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit
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Footnotes
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Lewis Morgan |
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals 1979–1981 |
Succeeded by: NA |
| Preceded by: NA - New Seat 94 Stat. 1994 |
Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals 1981–present |
Succeeded by: Frank Hull
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: William Pryor • Adalberto Jordan • Charles Wilson (Florida) • Barbara Lagoa • Robin Rosenbaum • Jill Pryor • Elizabeth Branch • Britt Grant • Kevin Newsom • Andrew Brasher • Nancy Gbana Abudu | ||
| Senior judges |
Stanley Marcus • Julie Carnes • Robert Lanier Anderson • Gerald Tjoflat • James Edmondson (Federal judge) • Joel Dubina • Susan Black (Eleventh Circuit) • Frank Hull • Edward Carnes • | ||
| Former judges | Beverly Martin • Peter Fay • John Godbold • Phyllis Kravitch • Joseph Hatchett • Albert Henderson • Paul Roney • David Dyer • Elbert Tuttle • Thomas Clark (Eleventh Circuit) • Richard Rives • Robert Vance • Lewis Morgan • Emmett Cox • Stanley Birch • Rosemary Barkett • James Hill (Eleventh Circuit) • Warren Leroy Jones • John Bryan Simpson • Frank M. Johnson, Jr. • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
John Godbold • Robert Lanier Anderson • Gerald Tjoflat • Joseph Hatchett • James Edmondson (Federal judge) • Paul Roney • Joel Dubina • Edward Carnes • | ||
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| 1977 |
Ballantine • Bownes • Boyle • Bua • Carr • Clark • Cowan • Daly • Filippine • Higginbotham • Hoeveler • Hug • Johnstone • Kane • Keith • Leval • Logan • MacLaughlin • McKay • Melton • Merritt • Murphy • Nickerson • Oberdorfer • Roszkowski • Roy • Rubin • Sifton • Tang • Vance • Veron | ||
| 1978 |
Arnold • Baker • Boyle • Burns • Campos • Claiborne • Collins • Cook • Devine • Diamond • Duplantier • Edenfield • Friedman • Gonzalez • Greene • Jenkins • Lowe • Mazzone • McMillian • O'Brien • Pfaelzer • Phillips • Pollak • Sand • Shapiro • Simmons • Smith • Sweet • Tanner • Wiseman • Ziegler | ||
| 1979 |
Ackerman • Alarcon • Anderson • Arceneaux • Arnold • Aspen • Beatty • Beer • Belew • Bertelsman • Bilby • N. Black • S. Black • Bloch • Bowen • Brett • Brooks • Brown • Buchmeyer • Bunton • Burciaga • Cabranes • Carr • Carrigan • Castagna • Cire • Clark • Cohn • Conaboy • Cordova • Crabb • Cudahy • Davis • DeAnda • Debevoise • Edwards • Eginton • Ellison • Enslen • O. Evans • T. Evans • Farris • Ferguson • Fletcher • Frye • Garcia • Garza • B. Gibson • H. Gibson • Gierbolini-Ortiz • Giles • Gilliam • Green • Hall • Hastings • Hatchett • Hatfield • Hatter • Hawkins • Henderson • Higby • Hillman • Houck • Howard • Hudspeth • Hungate • F. Johnson • S. Johnson • N. Jones • S. Jones • Karlton • Kazen • Kearse • Keeton • Kehoe • Kennedy • Kidd • King • Kravitch • Loughlin • Martin • McCurn • McDonald • McNaught • McNichols • Mikva • Mitchell • Moran • Murnaghan • Murphy • D. Nelson • D.W. Nelson • Newblatt • Newman • Overton • Paine • Panner • J. Parker • R. Parker • Penn • Perez-Gimenez • Perry • Politz • Poole • Porter • Pregerson • Price • Rambo • Ramirez • Reavley • Redden • E. Reed • S. Reed • Reinhardt • Renner • Robinson • Rothstein • Sachs • Saffels • Sanders • Sarokin • Schroeder • Schwartz • Seay • Senter • Seymour • Shannon • Shaw • Shoob • Skopil • Sloviter • Sofaer • Spellman • Sprouse • Staker • Tate • Taylor • Thompson • Tidwell • Unthank • Vietor • Vining • Wald • Ward • Weinshienk • West • Wicker • Williams • Winder • Woods • Wright • Zobel | ||
| 1980 |
Aguilar • Aldrich • Anderson • Boochever • Breyer • Britt • Cahill • Canby • Carroll • Cerezo • Clemon • S. Ervin • R. Erwin • Getzendanner • Gilmore • Ginsburg • Haltom • Hardy • Henderson • Hobbs • Holschuh • Horton • Howard • Johnson • Keep • Kelly • Kenyon • Kocoras • Marquez • Marshall • Michael • Nixon • Norris • Patel • Polozola • Propst • Quackenbush • Ramsey • Rice • Shadur • Spiegel • Tashima • Thompson • Vela • White • Williams | ||
| 1981 | |||
