Thomas W. Thrash Jr.

Thomas Woodrow Thrash Jr. (born May 8, 1951) is the Chief United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.

Thomas Woodrow Thrash Jr.
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
Incumbent
Assumed office July 31, 2014
Preceded by	Julie E. Carnes
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
Incumbent
Assumed office August 1, 1997
Appointed by	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Robert L. Vining Jr.
Personal details
Born	Thomas Woodrow Thrash Jr. (1951-05-08) May 8, 1951 Birmingham, Alabama
Children	2, including Maggie Thrash
Education	University of Virginia (B.A.) Harvard Law School (J.D.)

Education and career

Born in Birmingham, Alabama, Thrash received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Virginia in 1973 and a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School in 1976. He was in private practice in Atlanta, Georgia from 1976 to 1977. He was then an assistant district attorney of Fulton County District Attorney's Office from until 1980. He resumed his private practice in Atlanta from 1981 to 1997. He was a Law professor at Georgia State University from 1986 to 1997.

Federal judicial service

On January 7, 1997, Thrash was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia vacated by Robert L. Vining Jr.. Thrash was confirmed by the United States Senate on July 31, 1997, and received his commission on August 1, 1997. He became Chief Judge on July 31, 2014.

Sources

• Thomas W. Thrash Jr. at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Legal offices
Preceded by Robert L. Vining Jr.	Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia 1997–present	Incumbent
Preceded by Julie E. Carnes	Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia 2014–present