Steve CarMichael Jones

Personal

Birthday: 
1957
Birthplace: 
Athens, GA
Race or Ethnicity: 
African American
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

Assistant district attorney, Western Judicial Circuit, Georgia, 1987-1993
Judge, Athens-Clarke County [Georgia] Municipal Court, 1993-1995
Judge, Superior Court of Georgia, Western Judicial Circuit, Tenth Judicial District, 1995-2011

Nominated to U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, July 14, 2010; no Senate vote

Education

Name of School: 
University of Georgia
Degree: 
B.B.A.
Degree Year: 
1978
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: 
1987

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: 
3/3/2011