Frank Mays Hull | |
Office: | Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit |
Term Start: | December 31, 2017 |
Office1: | Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit |
Term Start1: | September 18, 1997 |
Term End1: | December 31, 2017 |
Appointer1: | Bill Clinton |
Predecessor1: | Phyllis A. Kravitch |
Successor1: | Elizabeth L. Branch |
Office2: | Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia |
Term Start2: | May 9, 1994 |
Term End2: | October 2, 1997 |
Appointer2: | Bill Clinton |
Predecessor2: | Marvin Herman Shoob |
Successor2: | Charles A. Pannell Jr. |
Office3: | Judge of the Fulton County Superior Court of Georgia |
Term Start3: | August 1990 |
Term End3: | May 1994 |
Office4: | Judge of the Fulton County State Court of Georgia |
Term Start4: | November 1984 |
Term End4: | August 1990 |
Birth Name: | Frank Mays Hull |
Birth Date: | 9 December 1948 |
Birth Place: | Augusta, Georgia |
Spouse: | Antonin "Tony" Aeck[1] |
Education: | Randolph College (BA) Emory University (JD) |
Frank Mays Hull (born December 9, 1948) is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
Hull graduated from the Academy of Richmond County in 1966,[2] and received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Randolph-Macon Woman's College (now Randolph College) in 1970. She received her Juris Doctor from Emory University School of Law in 1973.[3] She graduated cum laude, Order of the Coif, and was on the Law Review.
Hull was a law clerk to Judge Elbert P. Tuttle of the 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 to 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.
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.[3] She was confirmed by the Senate on May 6, 1994, and received commission on May 9, 1994. Her service terminated on October 2, 1997, due to her elevation to the court of appeals.
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 assumed senior status. She was confirmed by the United States Senate by a 96–0 vote on September 4, 1997. She received her commission on September 18, 1997. She assumed senior status on December 31, 2017.