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R[obert] Lanier Anderson III

Senior judge · U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

R[obert] Lanier Anderson III serves on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Appointed by None (reassignment).

Appointed by
None (reassignment)
Born
1936

Appointments

  • Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth CircuitJimmy Carter · Jul 12, 1979 – Oct 1, 1981
  • Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh CircuitNone (reassignment) ·

Education

  • Yale CollegeA.B., 1958
  • Harvard Law SchoolLL.B., 1961

Career

Private practice, Macon, Georgia, 1961, 1963-1979; U.S. Army captain, 1961-1963; Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 1999-2002

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From the Federal Judicial Center’s biographical directory of federal judges.

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