Berry Avant Edenfield

Judge Berry Avant Edenfield

Personal

Birthday:

8/2/1934

Birthplace:

Bulloch County, GA

Date of Death:

5/9/2015

Place of Death:

Savannah, GA

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

Georgia Army National Guard, 1957-1963
Private practice, Statesboro, Georgia, 1958-1978
State senator, Georgia, 1965-1966

Education

Name of School:

University of Georgia

Degree:

B.B.A.

Degree Year:

1956

Name of School - Second:

University of Georgia School of Law

Impressive Faculty - Includes authors of some of our country's leading legal scholarship, recipients of UGA's highest award for teaching excellence, Fulbright scholars, former law clerks to the U.S. Supreme Court and other federal courts, and former editors in chief of law reviews as well as former trial and corporate attorneys. Talented Student Body - Among the most selective public law schools in the nation, with LSATs of entering students near the top 10 percent of test takers nationwide and outstanding undergraduate GPAs.

Degree - Second:

LL.B.

Degree Year - Second:

1958

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. District Court, Southern District of Georgia

Court Name:

Georgia Southern District Court

President Nominating:

Jimmy Carter

Party Affiliation of President:

Democratic

Commission Date:

10/11/1978

Retirement from Active Service:

8/2/2006

Termination Date:

5/9/2015

Termination Reason:

Death