Joseph Woodrow Hatchett

Judge Joseph Woodrow Hatchett

Personal

Birthday:

1932

Birthplace:

Clearwater, FL

Race or Ethnicity:

African American

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

U.S. Army lieutenant, 1954-1956
U.S. Marine Corps Reserve lieutenant colonel and judge advocate, 1977-1988
Private practice, Daytona Beach, Florida, 1959-1966
Cooperating attorney, NAACP Legal Defense Fund, 1960-1966
Consultant, Daytona Beach [Florida] Urban Renewal Department, 1963-1966
Assistant U.S. attorney, Middle District of Florida, 1966-1971; first assistant U.S. attorney, 1967-1971
Special hearing office for conscientious objectors, U.S. Department of Justice, 1967-1968
Justice, Florida Supreme Court, 1975-1979

Education

Name of School:

Florida A&M University

Degree:

B.A.

Degree Year:

1954

Name of School - Second:

Howard University School of Law

Consistent with providing the professional leadership necessary to advocate and defend the rights of all, but particularly of African-Americans and other minorities, it is the Law School's mission to: Educate and enable students to develop their highest capabilities and skills as lawyers; Engage as an institution in the active pursuit of solutions to domestic and international legal, social, economic and political problems that are of particular concern to minority groups; and Imbue its students with dedication to excellence and commitment to the solutions to those problems.

Degree - Second:

J.D.

Degree Year - Second:

1959

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Court Name:

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

President Nominating:

Jimmy Carter

Party Affiliation of President:

Democratic

Commission Date:

7/13/1979

Termination Date:

10/1/1981

Termination Reason:

Reassignment

Court Name - Second:

U. S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Court Name - Second:

Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

Commission Date - Second:

10/1/1981

Termination Date - Second:

5/14/1999

Termination Reason - Second:

Retirement

Bankruptcy and Magistrate Services:

U.S. Magistrate, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida, 1971-1975