Truman McGill Hobbs

Personal

Birthday: 
1921
Birthplace: 
Selma, AL
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

U.S. Navy lieutenant, 1942-1946
Law clerk, Hon. Hugo Black, Supreme Court of the United States, 1948-1949
Private practice, Montgomery, Alabama, 1949-1980
Chairman, Alabama Unemployment Appeal Board, 1952-1958

Education

Name of School: 
University of North Carolina
Degree: 
A.B.
Degree Year: 
1942
Name of School - Second: 

Yale University Law School

Located in New Haven, Connecticut, Yale Law School, is one of the world's premier law schools. It offers an unmatched environment of excellence and educational intimacy in the form of world renowned faculty, small classes, limitless opportunities for clinical training, and strong encouragement of public service. Small by design, our impact on the world is measured by its accomplished graduates and its ongoing scholarship and outreach through 17 centers and projects.

Degree - Second: 
LL.B.
Degree Year - Second: 
1948

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
U. S. District Court, Middle District of Alabama
Court Name: 

Alabama Middle District Court

President Nominating: 
Jimmy Carter
Party Affiliation of President: 
Democratic
Commission Date: 
4/3/1980
Retirement from Active Service: 
2/11/1991