William Walter Wilkins
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William Walter Wilkins
Prior offices
United States District Court for the District of South Carolina
United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit
Education
Personal
William Walter Wilkins (1942-present) was a federal judge for the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina and the United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit.[1]
District of South Carolina
Wilkins was nominated by President Ronald Reagan on July 9, 1981, to a seat vacated by Robert Hemphill; he was confirmed by the Senate on July 20, 1981, and received commission on July 22, 1981. He served the District of South Carolina until he was elevated to the Fourth Circuit on July 13, 1986.[1]
Fourth Circuit
Wilkins was nominated to the Fourth Circuit by President Ronald Reagan on June 3, 1986, to a seat vacated by Emory Sneeden; he was confirmed by the Senate on June 13, 1986, and received commission on June 16, 1986. From 2003-2007, he served as the chief judge. He assumed senior status on July 1, 2007. He served the Fourth Circuit until his retirement on October 5, 2008.[1]
Education
- Davidson College, B.A., 1964
- University of South Carolina Law Center, J.D., 1967[1]
Professional career
- U.S. Army Captain, 1967-1969
- U.S. Army Reserve Lieutenant Colonel, 1969-1983
- South Carolina National Guard Colonel, 1983-1994
- Law clerk, Hon. Clement F. Haynsworth, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 1969-1970
- Legal assistant, U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond, 1970-1971
- Private practice, Greenville, South Carolina, 1971-1978
- Solicitor, Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, South Carolina, 1974-1981
- Commission chair, U.S. Sentencing Commission, 1985-1994[1]
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Judge Wilkin's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by: Robert Hemphill |
District of South Carolina 1981–1986 |
Succeeded by: Karen LeCraft Henderson |
| Preceded by: Emory Sneeden |
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals 1986–2008 |
Succeeded by: Albert Diaz |
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|---|---|---|
| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Timothy M. Cain • David Norton (South Carolina judge) • Bruce Hendricks • Richard Mark Gergel • Mary Geiger Lewis • Jacquelyn Austin • Donald Coggins Jr. • Sherri Lydon • Joseph Dawson (South Carolina) | |
| Senior judges |
Joseph Anderson • Henry Herlong • Cameron Currie • Terry Wooten • Robert Harwell • | |
| Magistrate judges | Robert Buchanan • Paige Jones Gossett • Thomas Rogers • Shiva Hodges • Kevin McDonald (South Carolina) • Kaymani West • Mary Gordon Baker • Molly Cherry • | |
| Former Article III judges |
Thomas Bee • William Drayton • John Drayton • Thomas Lee • Robert Budd Gilchrist • Andrew Gordon Magrath • George Seabrook Bryan • William Hiram Brawley • Clyde Hamilton • William Traxler • Dennis Shedd • Charles Henry Simonton • Henry Augustus Middleton Smith • Joseph Travis Johnson • George Anderson • Patrick Duffy • Margaret Seymour • Henry Floyd • Henry Hitt Watkins • Ernest Ford Cochran • Robert Chapman • John Lyles Glenn • Francis Kerschner Myers • Charles Wyche • Falcon Hawkins • Robert Hemphill • Donald S. Russell • Charles Simons • Charles Weston Houck • Matthew Perry • George Timmerman • Julius Waring • William Walter Wilkins • Ashton Williams • J. Michelle Childs • James Robert Martin, Jr. • A. Marvin Quattlebaum Jr. • | |
| Former Chief judges |
David Norton (South Carolina judge) • Joseph Anderson • Margaret Seymour • Terry Wooten • Robert Harwell • Falcon Hawkins • Robert Hemphill • Charles Simons • Solomon Blatt • Charles Weston Houck • James Robert Martin, Jr. • |
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|---|---|---|
| 1981 |
Bartlett • Beam • Becker • Bork • Cacheris • Cardamone • Chapman • Coughenour • Cox • Crow • Cyr • Doumar • Eschbach • Forrester • Garwood • Gibson • Glasser • Hall • Hamilton • Head • Jones • Kiser • Krenzler • Lee • Magnuson • McLaughlin • Miner • Moore • Nowlin • O'Connor • Pierce • Posner • Potter • Russell • Ryan • Shabaz • Sprizzo • Stevens • Waters • Wilhoit • Wilkins • Winter | |
| 1982 |
Acker • Acosta • Altimari • Bell • Bissell • Black • Bullock • Caldwell • Coffey • Contie • Coyle • Dowd • Fagg • Fong • Fox • Gadbois • Gibson • Ginsburg • Hart • Higginbotham • Hogan • Irving • Jackson • Jolly • Kanne • Kovachevich • Krupansky • Lynch • Mansmann • McNamara • Mencer • Mentz • Mihm • Moody • Nordberg • Paul • Pieras • Plunkett • Porfilio • Potter • Pratt • Rafeedie • Restani • Roberts • Scalia • Selya • Telesca • Wellford | |
| 1983 |
Baldock • Barbour • Barry • Bowman • Carman • Carter • Curran • Davis • Dorsey • Feldman • Fish • Flaum • Gibbons • Hallanan • Harris • Hinojosa • Hull • Hupp • Katz • Keenan • Kelly • Kram • Laffitte • Limbaugh, Sr. • Limbaugh, Sr. • Milburn • Nesbitt • Nevas • O'Neill • Rymer • Sharp • Starr • Vinson • Vukasin • Wexler • Woods | |
| 1984 |
Barker • Beezer • Biggers • Billings • Bissell • Boyle • Brewster • Browning • DiCarlo • Duhe • Garcia • George • Hall • Hargrove • Higgins • Hill • Holland • Ideman • Jarvis • Keller • Leavy • Lee • Legge • Leisure • Little • Livaudais • Longobardi • McKibben • Milburn • Newman • Norgle • Prado • Rea • Rosenblatt • Rovner • Scirica • Smith, Jr. • Sneeden • Stotler • Suhrheinrich • Torruella • Wiggins • Wilkinson | |
| 1985 |
Alley • Altimari • Anderson • Aquilino • Archer • Arnold • Baldock • Batchelder • Battey • Broomfield • Brown • Brown • Brunetti • Buckley • Cobb • Conmy • Cowen • Davidson • Dimmick • Duff • Easterbrook • Edgar • Farnan • Fernandez • Fitzpatrick • Fuste • Greene • Gunn • Guy • Hall • Hilton • Holderman • Hughes • Johnson • Jones • Korman • Kozinski • La Plata • Leinenweber • Letts • Lovell • Ludwig • Maloney • Mansmann • Marcus • McDonald • Meredith • Miller • Mills • Miner • Motz • Nelson • Noonan • Porfilio • Revercomb • Rhoades • Ripple • Rodriguez • Rosenbaum • Roth • Ryan • Sam • Scott • Sentelle • Silberman • Sporkin • Stanton • Stapleton • Strand • Strom • Tacha • Tevrizian • Thompson • Todd • Tsoucalas • Walker • Walter • Weber • Williams • Wilson • Wingate • Wolf • Wollman • Young • Zloch | |
| 1986 |
Anderson • Boggs • Bryan • Cedarbaum • Cholakis • Conway • Davies • Dearie • Dubina • Duggan • Edmondson • Fawsett • Fitzwater • Gex • Graham • Hackett • Hansen • Henderson • Hittner • Howard • Jensen • Kay • Kleinfeld • Kosik • Lagueux • Lechner • Magill • Mahoney • Manion • McAvoy • McQuade • Norris • O'Scannlain • Rehnquist • Ryskamp • Scalia • Selya • Simpson • Smalkin • Spencer • Stiehl • Wilkins • Williams • Woodlock • Zatkoff | |
| 1987 |
Alesia • Beam • Bell • Conboy • Cowen • Cummings • Daronco • Doty • Dwyer • Ebel • Ellis • Gadola • Gawthrop • Greenberg • Harrington • Howard • Hoyt • Hutchinson • Kanne • Kelly • Larimer • Leavy • Lew • Marsh • Mayer • McKinney • Michel • Mukasey • Musgrave • Niemeyer • Parker • Phillips • Politan • Pro • Raggi • Reasoner • Reed • Scirica • Sentelle • Smith • Smith • Stadtmueller • Standish • Tinder • Torres • Trott • Turner • Van Antwerpen • Voorhees • Webb • Whipple • Wolin • Wolle • Wood • Zagel | |
| 1988 |
Arcara • Babcock • Brorby • Butler • Cambridge • Camp • Conlon • Cox • Dubois • Duhe • Ezra • Forester • Friedman • Garza • Hutton • Jordan • Kennedy • Lake • Lamberth • Lifland • Lozano • Marovich • Nygaard • Patterson • Schell • Smith • Smith • Tilley • Waldman • Zilly |
