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President Trump Nominates Three Alabama Law Alumni as Federal Judges

July 17, 2017

President Donald Trump has nominated Annemarie Carney Axon (’99) and Liles C. Burke (’94) for positions as District Judges on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.

Chip Campbell, Jr. (’01) was tapped to serve as District Judge in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee.

All three nominees must be confirmed by the U.S. Senate.

For more, read:

“Donald Trump Nominates Two for Alabama Federal Court Positions”

“Trump Nominates Senate Leader Mark Norris, Three Others as Federal Judges in Tennessee”


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