Phyllis A. Kravitch
| Phyllis Kravitch | |
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| Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | |
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In office October 1, 1981 – December 31, 1996 | |
| Preceded by | Seat established |
| Succeeded by | Frank Hull |
| Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | |
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In office March 23, 1979 – October 1, 1981 | |
| Appointed by | Jimmy Carter |
| Preceded by | Lewis Morgan |
| Succeeded by | Seat abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
August 23, 1920 Savannah, Georgia, U.S. |
| Alma mater |
Goucher College University of Pennsylvania |
Phyllis A. Kravitch (born August 23, 1920) is a Senior Circuit Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. She sits in Atlanta, Georgia.[1]
Kravitch was born in Savannah, Georgia and attended Armstrong Junior College (Savannah, Georgia), receiving an A.A. (1939) She later obtained her B.A. from Goucher College in 1941 and her LL.B. from University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1943. At University of Pennsylvania she served on the Law Review Board of Editors. She was in private practice from 1944 to 1976 and then served from 1977 to 1979 as a judge on the Superior Court of the Eastern Judicial Circuit of Georgia.[2]
She was nominated to the federal bench by President Jimmy Carter, and ultimately appointed to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in 1979. In 1981, when the Fifth Circuit was split into the Fifth and Eleventh Circuit, Kravitch became a judge on the Eleventh Circuit, where she still sits as of 2015. Kravitch took senior status on December 31, 1996.[3]
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| Legal offices | ||
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| Preceded by Lewis Morgan |
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit 1979–1981 |
Seat abolished |
| New seat | Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit 1981–1996 |
Succeeded by Frank Hull |
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