| Abdul Karim Kallon | |
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| Judge of United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office January 4, 2010 |
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| Appointed by | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | U. W. Clemon |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 5, 1969 Freetown, Sierra Leone |
| Alma mater | Dartmouth College (A.B.) University of Pennsylvania Law School (J.D.) |
Abdul Karim Kallon (born April 5, 1969) is a United States district judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.
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Born in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Kallon earned a bachelor's degree from Dartmouth College in 1990. He then earned a law degree in 1993 from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he served as Articles Editor for the University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Business Law.[1]
Kallon served as a law clerk for United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama Judge U. W. Clemon from 1993 until 1994.[1]
Since 1994, Kallon has worked in private legal practice in Birmingham, Alabama.[1] He practices labor and employment law as a partner at the Birmingham law firm Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP.[2]
On July 31, 2009, President Barack Obama nominated Kallon to be a judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.[2] Kallon was nominated for the seat vacated by Clemon, who retired earlier in 2009.[3] According to news accounts, Kallon had been recommended for the judgeship by a panel of legal experts assembled by U.S. Rep. Artur Davis. However, his name was not on a list of candidates compiled by a committee of the Alabama Democratic Party.[3]
The United States Senate confirmed Kallon to his judgeship by unanimous consent on November 21, 2009.[4]