First Court of Appeals | Justices and Clerks
Justices and Clerks
First Court of Appeals
Chief Justice (created 1892)
Name of Judge |
Dates |
Christopher Columbus Garrett |
1892 to 1905 |
Waltus H. Gill |
1905 to 1907 |
Robert A. Pleasants |
1907 to 1938 |
Walter E. Monteith |
1939 to 1953 |
William P. Hamblen, Jr. |
1953 to 1957 |
Gaius C. Gannon |
1957 |
Spurgeon E. Bell |
1957 to 1973 |
Thomas F. Coleman |
1973 to 1981 |
Frank G. Evans |
1981 to 1991 |
Alice Oliver-Parrott |
1991 to 1996 |
Michael H. Schneider |
1996 to 2002 |
Sherry Radack |
2002 to present |
Justice Place 2 (created 1892)
Name of Judge |
Dates |
Frank A. Williams |
1892 to 1899 |
Waltus H. Gill * |
1899 to 1905 |
T.S. Reece |
1905 to 1915 |
Charles E. Lane |
1915 to 1936 |
T.H. Cody |
1937 to 1957 |
Spurgeon E. Bell* |
1957 |
Ewing Werlein |
1957 to 1967 |
Phil Peden |
1967 to 1981 |
Frank C. Price |
1981 to 1982 |
Ben G. Levy |
1983 to 1988 |
Jon N. Hughes |
1989 to 1992 |
Gaynelle Griffin Jones |
1992 |
Adele Hedges |
1992 to 2003 |
Jane Bland |
2003 to present |
Justice Place 3 (created 1892)
Name of Judge |
Dates |
H. Clay Pleasants |
1892 to 1899 |
Robert A. Pleasants* |
1899 to 1907 |
Seldon A. McMeans |
1907 to 1916 |
George W. Graves |
1917 to 1955 |
Gaius G. Gannon |
1955 to 1957 |
Phil W. Woodruff |
1957 to 1961 |
Tom F. Coleman* |
1961 to 1973 |
Frank G. Evans |
1973 to 1981 |
Arthur D. Dyess, Jr. |
1981 to 1982 |
Freeman M. Bullock |
1983 to 1984 |
D. Camille Hudson-Dunn |
1985 to 1996 |
Samuel M. Nuchia |
1997 to 2008 |
Jim Sharp |
2009 to present |
Justice Place 4 (created 1978)
Name of Judge |
Dates |
James F. Warren |
1978 to 1990 |
Michael H. Schneider* |
1990 |
Davie L. Wilson |
1990 to 2002 |
Evelyn Keyes |
2002 to present |
Justice Place 5 (created 1978)
Name of Judge |
Dates |
Henry E. Doyle |
1978 to 1984 |
Kenneth M. Hoyt |
1985 to 1988 |
Richard E. Stephanow |
1988 |
Margaret Garner Mirabal |
1988 to 2002 |
Laura Carter Higley |
2003 to present |
Justice Place 6 (created 1978)
Name of Judge |
Dates |
James P. Wallace |
1978 to 1980 |
Jackson B. Smith, Jr. |
1981 to 1988 |
Michol O'Connor |
1989 to 2000 |
Scott A. Brister |
2001 |
Sherry Radack* |
2001 to 2002 |
George C. Hanks, Jr. |
2002 to present |
Justice Place 7 (created 1981)
Name of Judge |
Dates |
Sam H. Bass, Jr. |
1981 to 1993 |
Eric Andell |
1993 to 2000 |
Terry Jennings |
2001 to present |
Justice Place 8 (created 1981)
Name of Judge |
Dates |
F. Lee Duggan, Jr. |
1981 to 1994 |
Tim Taft |
1995 to 2009 |
Michael C. Massengale |
2009 to present |
Justice Place 9 (created 1981)
Name of Judge |
Dates |
Allen L. Stilley |
1981 to 1982 |
Murry B. Cohen |
1983 to 2001 |
Elsa Alcala |
2002 to present |
Clerk (created 1892)
Name of Clerk |
Dates |
S.D. Reeves |
1892 to 1893 |
H.M. Knight |
1893 to 1907 |
H.L. Garrett |
1908 to 1947 |
Ralph W. Richeson |
1947 to 1955 |
Rola Hamm |
1955 to 1971 |
Marian I. (Maribelle) Reich |
1971 to 1982 |
Kathryn N. Cox |
1982 to 1993 |
Margie Thompson |
1993 to 2005 |
M. Karinne McCullough |
2005 to present |
*Later became Chief Justice