Truman McGill Hobbs

Truman McGill Hobbs
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama
In office February 11, 1991 – November 4, 2015
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama
In office 1984–1991
Preceded by	Robert Edward Varner
Succeeded by	Myron Herbert Thompson
Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama
In office April 3, 1980 – February 11, 1991
Appointed by	Jimmy Carter
Preceded by	Seat established by 92 Stat. 1629
Succeeded by	Ira De Ment
Personal details
Born	(1921-02-08)February 8, 1921 Selma, Alabama
Died	November 4, 2015(2015-11-04) (aged 94) Montgomery, Alabama
Education	University of North Carolina (AB) Yale Law School (LLB)

Truman McGill Hobbs Sr. (February 8, 1921 – November 4, 2015) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama.

Education and career

Born in Selma, Alabama, Hobbs received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from the University of North Carolina in 1942, and was a Lieutenant in the United States Navy during World War II, from 1942 to 1946. He received a Bachelor of Laws from Yale Law School in 1948, becoming a law clerk to Justice Hugo Black of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1948 to 1949. He was in private practice in Montgomery, Alabama, from 1949 to 1980, also serving as chairman of the Alabama Unemployment Appeal Board from 1952 to 1958.

Federal judicial service

On January 23, 1980, Hobbs was nominated by President Jimmy Carter to a new seat on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama created by 92 Stat. 1629. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on April 3, 1980, and received his commission the same day. He served as Chief Judge from 1984 to 1991, assuming senior status on February 11, 1991. He died on November 4, 2015, at his family home in Montgomery.

See also

• List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States (Seat 1)

Sources

• Truman McGill Hobbs at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.