Willie Sands

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Nonpartisan

United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia (senior status)

Tenure

2014 - Present

Years in position

Prior offices

United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia

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Education

Bachelor's

Mercer University, 1971

Law

Mercer University Law, 1974

Personal

Birthplace

Georgia

Contact

Official website

## Contents

* 1 Education
* 2 Military career
* 3 Professional career
* 4 Judicial career
* 4.1 Middle District of Georgia
* 5 See also
* 6 External links
* 7 Footnotes

Willie Louis Sands is an Article III federal judge on senior status for the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia. He joined the court in 1994 after being nominated by President Bill Clinton. Prior to joining the court, Sands was a judge on the Macon Judicial Circuit.[1] Sands assumed senior status on April 12, 2014.[2]

## Education[edit]

Sands graduated from Mercer University with his bachelor's degree in 1971 and from the Mercer University School of Law with his J.D. in 1974.[1]

## Military career[edit]

Sands served in the U.S. Army Reserve Signal Corps as a Second Lieutenant in 1974 and in the U.S. Army Reserve from 1974 to 1980.[1]

## Professional career[edit]

* 1991-1993: Superior Court Judge, Macon Judicial Circuit
* 1987-1991: Attorney, Private Practice
* 1978-1987: Assistant U.S. Attorney, Middle District of Georgia
* 1975-1978: Assistant District Attorney, Macon Judicial Circuit[1]

## Judicial career[edit]

### Middle District of Georgia[edit]

On the recommendation of U.S. Senator Sam Nunn, Sands was nominated to the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia by President Bill Clinton on February 9, 1994, to a new seat created by 104 Stat. 5089. Sands was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on May 6, 1994, on a majority voice vote and received commission on May 9, 1994.[3] Sands served as the chief judge of the Middle District of Georgia from 2001 to 2006.[1]

## See also[edit]

* United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia

## External links[edit]

* Willie Sands Biography from the Federal Judicial Center

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Willie Sands Biography from the Federal Judicial Center, accessed May 13, 2014
2. ↑ United States Courts, "Current Judicial Vacancies" accessed April 15, 2014
3. ↑ THOMAS, "Nomination of Louis Sands" (Search for Louis Sands)

Political offices

Preceded by:
NA-New Seat | Middle District of Georgia
1994–2014
Seat #4  | Succeeded by:
Leslie Joyce Abrams

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Federal judges who have served the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia

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Active judges|

Chief Judge: Leslie Abrams Gardner • Clay Land • Tilman E. Self III • Marc Thomas Treadwell

Senior judges|

Willie Sands • Ashley Royal •

Magistrate judges|  Charles Weigle • Thomas Langstaff • M. Stephen Hyles •
Former Article III judges|

Hugh Lawson • Duross Fitzpatrick • Wilbur Owens • Bascom Sine Deaver • William Josiah Tilson • William Bootle • Abraham Conger • Thomas Davis (Georgia federal judge) • James Robert Elliott •

Former Chief judges|

Hugh Lawson • Duross Fitzpatrick • Wilbur Owens • Willie Sands • Clay Land • William Bootle • Thomas Davis (Georgia federal judge) • James Robert Elliott • Marc Thomas Treadwell •

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Federal judges nominated by Bill Clinton

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1993|

Adams • Ambrose • Barnes • Brinkema • Bucklew • Chasanow • Coffman • Daughtrey • Ferguson • Ginsburg • Hagen • Jackson • Lancaster • Leval • Lindsay • Messitte • Michael • Piersol • Saris • Schwartz • Seybert • Shanahan • Shaw • Stearns • Trager • Vazquez • Wilken • Wilson

1994|

Baer • Barkett • Batts • Beaty • Benavides • Bennett • Berrigan • Biery • Block • Borman • Breyer • Briones • Bryson • Bucklo • Burgess • Burrage • Cabranes • Calabresi • Carr • Casellas • Castillo • Chatigny • Chin • Cindrich • Coar • Collins • Cooper • Cote • Currie • Davis • Dominguez • Downes • Duval • Friedman • Furgeson • Garcia • Gertner • Gettleman • Gillmor • Gilmore • Gleeson • Haggerty • Hamilton • Hannah • Hawkins • Henry • Holmes • Hood • Hull • Hurley • Jack • Jones • Jones • Kaplan • Katz • Kern • Kessler • Koeltl • Lisi • Manning • McKee • McLaughlin • Melancon • Miles-LaGrange • Moore • Motz • Murphy • O'Malley • O'Meara • Oliver • Paez • B. Parker • F. Parker • R. Parker • Perry • Ponsor • Pooler • Porteous • Rendell • Riley • Robertson • Rogers • Ross • Russell • Sands • Sarokin • Scheindlin • Silver • Squatrito • Stewart • Sullivan • Tatel • Thompson • Timlin • Urbina • Vanaskie • Vance • Walls • Wells • Williams

1995|

Arterton • Atlas • Black • Blake • Briscoe • Tena Campbell • Todd Campbell • Chesney • Cole • Collier • Daniel • Davis • Dennis • Dlott • Donald • Duffy • Economus • Evans • Fallon • Folsom • Gaughan • Goodwin • Heartfield • Hunt • Illston • Jones • King • Kornmann • Lawson • Lenard • Lucero • Lynch • McKinley • Moody • Moore • Moskowitz • Murphy • Murtha • Nugent • O'Toole • Orlofsky • Pogue • Sessions • C. Smith • O. Smith • Stein • Thornburg • Tunheim • Wallach • Wardlaw • Webber • Whaley • Winmill •

Wood
1996|

Broadwater • Clevert • Fenner • Gershon • Gottschall • Greenaway • Hinkle • Jones • Kahn • Laughrey • Lemmon • Marten • Miller • Molloy • Montgomery • Pregerson • Rakoff • Sargus • Tashima • Thomas • Zapata

1997|

Adelman • Bataillon • Breyer • Caputo • Casey • Chambers • Clay • Damrell • Droney • Friedman • Gajarsa • Garland • Gilman • Gold • Gwin • Hall • Hayden • Hull • Ishii • Jenkins • Kauffman • Kennedy • Kimball • Kollar-Kotelly • Lazzara • Marbley • Marcus • Middlebrooks • Miller • Moon • Pratt • Rendell • Sippel • Siragusa • Snyder • Thrash

1998|

Aiken • Barbier • Barzilay • Berman • Buttram • Carter • Collins • Dawson • Dimitrouleas • Fletcher • Fogel • Frank • Graber • Hellerstein • Herndon • James • Johnson • Kane • Kelly • G. King • R. King • Lasnik • Lee • Lemelle • Lindsay • Lipez • Manella • Matz • McCuskey • McKeown • McMahon • Mickle • Mollway • Mordue • Moreno • Morrow • Munley • Murphy • Pallmeyer • Pauley • Polster • Pooler • Rawlinson • Ridgway • R. Roberts • V. Roberts • Sack • Scott • Seitz • Seymour • Shea • Silverman • Sleet • Sotomayor • Steeh • Story • Straub • Tagle • Tarnow • Trauger • Traxler • Tyson • Wardlaw • Whelan • Young

1999|

Alsup • Barry • Brown • Buchwald • Cooper • Eaton • Ellison • Feess • Fisher • Gould • Guzman • Haynes • Hibbler • Hochberg • Hurd • Huvelle • Jordan • Katzmann • Kennelly • Linn • Lorenz • Lynn • Marrero • Murguia • Pannell • Pechman • Pepper • Phillips • Schreier • Stewart • Underhill • Ward • Williams • Wilson

2000|

Ambro • Antoon • Battani • Berzon • Bolton • Brady • Bye • Cavanaugh • Daniels • Darrah • Dawson • Dyk • Fuentes • Garaufis • Garcia-Gregory • Hamilton • Huck • Hunt • Lawson • Lefkow • Lynch • Martin • McLaughlin • Moody • Murguia • Paez • Pisano • Presnell • Rawlinson • Reagan • Schiller • Singal • Steele • Surrick • Swain • Tallman • Teilborg • Tucker • Whittemore