Callie V. Granade
Callie V. S. Granade | |
|---|---|
| Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama | |
| Assumed office March 7, 2016 | |
| Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama | |
| In office 2003–2010 | |
| Preceded by | Charles Randolph Butler Jr. |
| Succeeded by | William H. Steele |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama | |
| In office February 12, 2002 – March 7, 2016 | |
| Appointed by | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Alex T. Howard, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | vacant |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1950 (age 73–74) Lexington, Virginia, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Hollins College University of Texas School of Law |
Callie Virginia Smith "Ginny" Granade (born 1950)[1] is a Senior district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama. She joined the court in 2002 after being nominated by President George W. Bush in 2001.
Early life and education
Born in Lexington, Virginia, Granade graduated from Hollins College with her Bachelor's degree in 1972 and later from University of Texas School of Law with a Juris Doctor degree in 1975. She is the granddaughter of former Judge Richard Rives, the federal judge who wrote the majority opinion in Browder v. Gayle finding Montgomery, Alabama's bus segregation unconstitutional.
Legal career
Following law school graduation, she became a law clerk to John Godbold of the U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit from 1975 to 1976. She was an assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of Alabama from 1977 to 2001, and an interim U.S. Attorney in that district from 2001 to 2002.
Federal judicial career
On the recommendation of Senators Jeff Sessions and Richard Shelby, Granade was nominated to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama by President George W. Bush on September 4, 2001, to a seat vacated when Alex T. Howard, Jr. retired from Federal Judicial Service in senior status. Granade was confirmed by the Senate on February 4 and received her commission on February 12, 2002. She served as Chief Judge from 2003 to 2010. She assumed senior status on March 7, 2016.
Searcy v. Strange
On January 23, 2015, Granade issued a ruling striking down Alabama's ban on same-sex marriage as a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment's guarantees of equal protection and due process.[2]
Sources
- Callie V. Granade at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- Cook v. Atwood Oceanics[3]
- Activist judge? Careful jurist? Meet the woman who made gay marriage legal in Alabama, AL.com, February 7, 2015
References
- ^ Judicial Nominations. Retrieved 2010-01-24.
- ^ Galloway, Drew (January 23, 2015). "Federal judge strikes down Alabama laws banning same-sex marriage". WHNT-TV. Tribune Broadcasting. Retrieved January 23, 2015.
- ^ "Order" (PDF). U.S. District Court for Southern Alabama.
- 1950 births
- Living people
- American women judges
- Assistant United States Attorneys
- Hollins University alumni
- Judges of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama
- People from Lexington, Virginia
- United States district court judges appointed by George W. Bush
- University of Texas School of Law alumni