Leigh Martin May

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Nominee Information
	Name: Leigh Martin May
	Court: Northern District of Georgia
Progress
	Confirmed 329 days after nomination.
	Nominated: December 19, 2013
	ABA Rating: Unanimously Qualified
	Questionnaire: Questionnaire
	Hearing: May 13, 2014
	QFRs: QFRs (Hover over QFRs to read more)
	Reported: June 19, 2014
	Confirmed: November 13, 2014
	Vote: 99-0

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Leigh Martin May is federal judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. Prior to joining the court, she was a partner at the law firm of Butler, Wooten & Fryhofer LLP. President Barack Obama nominated May to fill a vacancy on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia on December 19, 2013.^[1] May received confirmation on November 13, 2014, when the United States Senate voted 99-0 in favor.^[2]

Education and early life

May earned her B.S., with honors, from Georgia Institute of Technology in 1993 and her J.D., magna cum laude, from the University of Georgia School of Law in 1998.^[1]

Professional career

2000-2014: Partner, Butler, Wooten & Fryhofer LLP
1999-2004: Bar examination grader, Georgia Bar Association
1998-2000: Law clerk, Honorable Dudley Bowen, Jr., Southern District of Georgia^[1]

Judicial career

Northern District of Georgia

Leigh Martin May was nominated by President Barack Obama on December 19, 2013, to fill a vacancy on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. The vacancy was created when Beverly Martin was elevated to the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. On the nominations:

“	I am honored to put forward these highly qualified candidates for the federal bench... They will be distinguished public servants and valuable additions to the United States District Courts. ^[3]	”
—President Barack Obama, ^[1]

The American Bar Association rated May Unanimously Qualified.^[4]

May's nomination was returned by the Senate on January 3, 2014, and she was renominated on January 6th by President Obama.^[5] The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the nomination of Leigh Martin May on May 13, 2014.^[6] The committee reported May to the full Senate on June 19, 2014, on a voice vote.^[7]

The United States Senate confirmed May on November 13, 2014, on a vote of 99-0.^[2]

Awards and associations

The awards and association section reflects May's questionnaire submitted to the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Award

2013: Super Lawyer, Top 50 Women Lawyers in Geogia
2012, 2013, 2014: Super Lawyer
2009-Present: Martindale-Hubble - A/V Rating
2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011: Super Lawyer, Georgia Rising Star
2004, 2005, 2006: State Bar of Georgia, Younger Lawyers' Division, Award of Achievement
2003: State Bar of Georgia, Younger Lawyers' Division, Outstanding Service Award
1998: Order of the Coif, University of Georgia School of Law
1997-1998: Editor-in-chief, Georgia Law Review
1997: Second Best Oralist and Team Semi-finalist, Jessup International Regional Moot Court Competition Best Brief
1997: Award for Best Student Paper, Georgia Water Resource Conference
1996-1997: Editorial board member, Georgia Law Review
1996-1998: Moot court board, University of Georgia School of Law
1996: Book Award for Excellence in Contracts

Associations

2012-Present: Master, American Inns of Court
2012-2014: Board of directors, Academy of Product Safety Attorneys
2010-Present: Atlanta Bar Association

2013-Present: Vice chair/Chair-elect
2012-2013: Secretary
2011-2012: Treasurer
2010-Present: Member

2009-2013: Board member, Attorneys Information Exchange Group
2008-2013: Board member, Southern Trial Lawyers Associations
2007-2013: Board member, GreenLaw

2008-2013: Secretary

2005-2008: Chief executive officer, Georgia Consumers Advocates
2003-2006: Board member, Civil Justice PAC
2003-2004: Board of governors, American Association for Justice, New Lawyers Division
2001-2006: Board member and district representative, State Bar of Georgia, Young Lawyers' Division
2001-2004: President and Board Member, Red Clay Democrats
1998-2000: Board member, SafeHomes - Domestic Violence Intervention Shelter^[8]

External links

The White House, "President Obama Nominates Eight to Serve on the United States District Courts," December 19, 2013

Footnotes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 The White House, "President Obama Nominates Eight to Serve on the United States District Courts," December 19, 2013
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 The Library of Congress, "Nomination: PN1230-113," accessed November 19, 2014
↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
↑ American Bar, "RATINGS OF ARTICLE III JUDICIAL NOMINEES 113TH CONGRESS," accessed December 26, 2013
↑ The White House, "Presidential Nominations Sent to the Senate," January 7, 2014
↑ Senate Judiciary Committee, "Judicial Nomination," May 13, 2014
↑ Senate Judiciary Committee, "Results of Executive Business Meeting - June 19 2014," June 19, 2014
↑ Senate Judiciary Committee, "Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees," accessed January 16, 2014

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Federal judges who have served the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Active judges

Chief Judge: Timothy Batten • William M. Ray, II • Steve C. Jones • Eleanor L. Ross • Mark Howard Cohen • Leigh Martin May • Jean-Paul Boulee • Michael L. Brown (Georgia) • Steven Grimberg • Victoria Calvert • Sarah Geraghty

Senior judges

Orinda Evans • Clarence Cooper • Richard Story • Willis Hunt • Charles Pannell • Amy Totenberg • Thomas Thrash (Georgia) •

Magistrate judges

Alan Baverman • Walter E. Johnson • Russell G. Vineyard • Linda T. Walker • J. Clay Fuller • Justin Anand • John Larkins (Georgia) • Catherine Salinas • Christopher Bly • Regina Cannon •

Former Article III judges

Jack Camp • Marvin Shoob • Horace Ward • Owen Forrester • Beverly Martin • Charles Moye • William O'Kelley • Ernest Tidwell • Julie Carnes • William Duffey • Harold Murphy • Robert Vining • John Cochran Nicoll • John Erskine • Albert Henderson • Lewis Morgan • Frank Hull • James Hill (Eleventh Circuit) • Henry Kent McCay • William Truslow Newman • Samuel Hale Sibley • Emory Marvin Underwood • Maurice Andrews • Newell Edenfield • Richard Freeman • Robert Hall (Georgia) • Frank Hooper • William Sloan • Sidney Smith • Robert Lee Russell (Federal judge) •

Former Chief judges

Orinda Evans • Charles Moye • William O'Kelley • Ernest Tidwell • Robert Vining • Albert Henderson • Lewis Morgan • Maurice Andrews • Newell Edenfield • Frank Hooper • Sidney Smith • Robert Lee Russell (Federal judge) • Thomas Thrash (Georgia) •

[Districtnom-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 The White House, "President Obama Nominates Eight to Serve on the United States District Courts," December 19, 2013

[confirm-2] 2.0 ^2.1 The Library of Congress, "Nomination: PN1230-113," accessed November 19, 2014

[quotedisclaimer-3] Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.

[4] American Bar, "RATINGS OF ARTICLE III JUDICIAL NOMINEES 113TH CONGRESS," accessed December 26, 2013

[5] The White House, "Presidential Nominations Sent to the Senate," January 7, 2014

[6] Senate Judiciary Committee, "Judicial Nomination," May 13, 2014

[7] Senate Judiciary Committee, "Results of Executive Business Meeting - June 19 2014," June 19, 2014

[Questionnaire-8] Senate Judiciary Committee, "Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees," accessed January 16, 2014

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