Frank M. Hull

Frank Hull
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Incumbent
Assumed office September 18, 1997
Appointed by	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Phyllis Kravitch
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
In office May 9, 1994 – September 18, 1997
Appointed by	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Marvin Shoob
Succeeded by	Charles Pannell
Personal details
Born	December 9, 1948 Augusta, Georgia, U.S.
Alma mater	Randolph College Emory University

Frank Mays Hull (born December 9, 1948) is a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

Education

Hull received her B.A. from Randolph-Macon Woman's College in 1970. She received her J.D. from Emory University School of Law in 1973. She graduated cum laude, Order of the Coif, and was on the Law Review.

Legal career

Hull was a Law Clerk to the Honorable Elbert P. Tuttle, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit from 1973 to 1974. She was an associate attorney with the law firm Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy, in Atlanta, Georgia from 1974–1980 and a partner there from 1980 to 1984. She served as a Judge for the State Court of Fulton County, Georgia from 1984 to 1990, as a Judge for the Superior Court of Fulton County, Georgia from 1990 to 1994.

Federal judicial service

Hull was nominated by Bill Clinton on February 9, 1994, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia vacated by Marvin Herman Shoob. She was confirmed by the Senate on May 6, 1994, and received commission on May 9, 1994. She served on the district court from 1994 to 1997 before she was elevated to the Eleventh Circuit.

She was nominated by President Bill Clinton on June 18, 1997 for the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit to a seat vacated by Phyllis A. Kravitch who took senior status. She was confirmed by the U.S. Senate in a 96–0 vote on September 4, 1997. She received her commission on September 18, 1997.

Sources

• Frank M. Hull at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.