Terry L. Wooten
Terry L. Wooten | |
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Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina | |
Assumed office January 16, 2013 | |
Preceded by | Margaret B. Seymour |
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina | |
Assumed office November 26, 2001 | |
Appointed by | George W. Bush |
Preceded by | Seat established by 114 Stat. 2762 |
Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina | |
In office 1999–2001 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Terry L. Wooten 1954 (age 69–70) Louisville, Kentucky |
Education | University of South Carolina (B.A.) University of South Carolina School of Law (J.D.) |
Terry L. Wooten (born 1954) is the Chief United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina.
Education and career
Born in Louisville, Kentucky, Wooten received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of South Carolina in 1976 and a Juris Doctor from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1980. He was in private practice in South Carolina from 1980 to 1982. He was an Assistant Solicitor, Richland County, South Carolina, from 1982 to 1986. He was a Chief counsel, United States Senate Judiciary Committee from 1986 to 1991. He was an Assistant United States Attorney of the United States Attorney's Office, District of South Carolina from 1992 to 1999.
District court service
Wooten was nominated by President George W. Bush on September 4, 2001, to a new seat created by 114 Stat. 2762. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on November 8, 2001, and received his commission on November 26, 2001. He became Chief Judge on January 16, 2013.
Sources
- Terry L. Wooten at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- 1954 births
- Living people
- Assistant United States Attorneys
- Judges of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina
- United States district court judges appointed by George W. Bush
- 21st-century American judges
- Lawyers from Louisville, Kentucky
- United States magistrate judges
- University of South Carolina alumni
- University of South Carolina School of Law alumni