Leigh Martin May

Judge Leigh Martin May

Personal

Birthday:

1971

Birthplace:

Albany, GA

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Female

Prior Employment:

Law clerk, Hon. Dudley H. Bowen, Jr., U.S. District Court, Southern District of Georgia, 1998-2000
Private practice, Atlanta, Georgia, 2000-2014

Given name at birth: Leigh Holladay Martin

Nominated to U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, December 19, 2013; no Senate vote

Education

Name of School:

Georgia Institute of Technology

Degree:

B.S.

Degree Year:

1993

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:

J.D.

Degree Year - Second:

1998

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia

Court Name:

Georgia Northern District Court

President Nominating:

Barack Obama

Party Affiliation of President:

Democratic

Commission Date:

11/14/2014