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Abdul K. Kallon
Abdul K. Kallon
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama
	In office; January 4, 2010 – August 31, 2022
Appointed by	Barack Obama
Preceded by	U. W. Clemon
Succeeded by	vacant
Personal details
Born	Abdul Karim Kallon; April 5, 1969 (age 55); Freetown, Sierra Leone
Education	Dartmouth College (AB); University of Pennsylvania (JD); Duke University (LLM)

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Abdul Karim Kallon (born April 5, 1969) is an American lawyer who is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. He is a former nominee to be a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

Early life and education

Born in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Kallon earned an Artium Baccalaureus degree from Dartmouth College in 1990. He earned a Juris Doctor 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. Kallon served as a law clerk for Judge U. W. Clemon of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama from 1993 to 1994.^[1] In 2020, Kallon graduated from Duke Law School with a Master of Laws in judicial studies.^[2]

Career

From 1994 to his judicial appointment, Kallon worked in private legal practice in Birmingham, Alabama.^{[citation needed]} He practiced labor and employment law as a partner at the Birmingham law firm Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP.^[1]^[3]

Federal judicial service

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.^[3] Kallon was nominated for the seat vacated by Clemon, who retired earlier in 2009.^[4] According to news accounts, Kallon had been recommended for the judgeship by a panel of legal experts assembled by United States Representative Artur Davis. However, his name was not on a list of candidates compiled by a committee of the Alabama Democratic Party.^[4] The United States Senate confirmed Kallon to his judgeship by unanimous consent on November 21, 2009.^[5] He received his commission on January 4, 2010.^[1]

On February 11, 2016, President Obama nominated Kallon to serve as a circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, to the seat vacated by Judge Joel Fredrick Dubina, who took senior status on October 26, 2013. His nomination expired on January 3, 2017, with the end of the 114th Congress.^[1]^[6]^[7]

On April 6, 2022, Kallon announced he would resign from the court effective August 31, 2022.^[1]^[8] He joined Perkins Coie law firm as a partner after leaving the federal bench.^[9]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Abdul K. Kallon at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
^ "Participant bios 2018" (PDF). judicialstudies.duke.edu. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
^ ^a ^b President Obama Nominates Abdul K. Kallon and Jacqueline H. Nguyen to Serve on the District Court Bench Archived August 9, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, whitehouse.gov (July 31, 2009).
^ ^a ^b Mary Orndorff, President Obama nominates Abdul Kallon for federal judgeship in Birmingham, The Birmingham News (July 31, 2009).
^ Mary Orndorff, Birmingham's Abdul Kallon confirmed by Senate for federal judgeship, The Birmingham News (November 23, 2009).
^ "President Obama Nominates Judge Abdul K. Kallon to Serve on the United States Court of Appeals". whitehouse.gov. February 11, 2016 – via National Archives.
^ "Presidential Nominations Sent to the Senate". whitehouse.gov. February 11, 2016 – via National Archives.
^ "Abdul K. Kallon Resigns as Federal Judge for Northern District of Alabama". April 6, 2022.
^ "Perkins Coie - Abdul K. Kallon".

External links

Abdul K. Kallon at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
Abdul Kallon at Ballotpedia

Legal offices
Preceded by U. W. Clemon	Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama 2010–2022	Vacant

[fjc.gov-1] Abdul K. Kallon at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

[2] "Participant bios 2018" (PDF). judicialstudies.duke.edu. Retrieved March 28, 2023.

[whitehouse.gov-3] President Obama Nominates Abdul K. Kallon and Jacqueline H. Nguyen to Serve on the District Court Bench Archived August 9, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, whitehouse.gov (July 31, 2009).

[blog.al.com_20090731-4] Mary Orndorff, President Obama nominates Abdul Kallon for federal judgeship in Birmingham, The Birmingham News (July 31, 2009).

[tbn_20091123-5] Mary Orndorff, Birmingham's Abdul Kallon confirmed by Senate for federal judgeship, The Birmingham News (November 23, 2009).

[6] "President Obama Nominates Judge Abdul K. Kallon to Serve on the United States Court of Appeals". whitehouse.gov. February 11, 2016 – via National Archives.

[7] "Presidential Nominations Sent to the Senate". whitehouse.gov. February 11, 2016 – via National Archives.

[8] "Abdul K. Kallon Resigns as Federal Judge for Northern District of Alabama". April 6, 2022.

[Perkins_Coie-9] "Perkins Coie - Abdul K. Kallon".

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+'''Abdul Karim Kallon''' (born April 5, 1969) is an American lawyer who is a former [[United States federal judge|United States district judge]] of the [[United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama]]. He is a former nominee to be a [[United States federal judge|United States circuit judge]] of the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit]].
 == Early life and education ==
+Born in [[Freetown]], [[Sierra Leone]], Kallon earned an [[Bachelor of Arts|Artium Baccalaureus]] degree from [[Dartmouth College]] in 1990. He earned a [[Juris Doctor]] 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''. Kallon served as a law clerk for Judge [[U. W. Clemon]] of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama from 1993 to 1994.<ref name="fjc.gov">{{FJC Bio|nid=1392961|inline=yes}}</ref> In 2020, Kallon graduated from [[Duke Law School]] with a [[Master of Laws]] in judicial studies.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://judicialstudies.duke.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/2018-MJS-Bios-Photos.pdf|title=Participant bios 2018|access-date=28 March 2023|website=judicialstudies.duke.edu}}</ref>
+== Career ==
-Born in [[Freetown]], [[Sierra Leone]], Kallon earned an [[Bachelor of Arts|Artium Baccalaureus]] degree from [[Dartmouth College]] in 1990. He earned a [[Juris Doctor]] 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''. Kallon served as a law clerk for Judge [[U. W. Clemon]] of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama from 1993 until 1994.<ref name="fjc.gov">{{cite web|url=https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/kallon-abdul-k.|title=Kallon, Abdul K. – Federal Judicial Center|website=www.fjc.gov}}</ref> In 2020, Judge Kallon graduated from [[Duke Law School]] with an LLM in judicial studies.<ref>https://judicialstudies.duke.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/2018-MJS-Bios-Photos.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>
+From 1994 to his judicial appointment, Kallon worked in private legal practice in [[Birmingham, Alabama]].{{citation needed|date=September 2018}} He practiced [[labor and employment law]] as a partner at the Birmingham law firm [[Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP]].<ref name="fjc.gov"/><ref name="whitehouse.gov">[https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the_press_office/President-Obama-Nominates-Abdul-K-Kallon-and-Jacqueline-H-Nguyen-to-Serve-on-the-District-Court-Bench/ President Obama Nominates Abdul K. Kallon and Jacqueline H. Nguyen to Serve on the District Court Bench] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090809203540/http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/President-Obama-Nominates-Abdul-K-Kallon-and-Jacqueline-H-Nguyen-to-Serve-on-the-District-Court-Bench/ |date=August 9, 2009 }}, ''whitehouse.gov'' (July 31, 2009).</ref>
-== Professional career ==
+=== Federal judicial service ===
-From 1994 to his judicial appointment, Kallon worked in private legal practice in [[Birmingham, Alabama]].{{citation needed|date=September 2018}} He practiced labor and employment law as a partner at the Birmingham law firm [[Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP]].<ref name="fjc.gov"/><ref name="whitehouse.gov">[https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the_press_office/President-Obama-Nominates-Abdul-K-Kallon-and-Jacqueline-H-Nguyen-to-Serve-on-the-District-Court-Bench/ President Obama Nominates Abdul K. Kallon and Jacqueline H. Nguyen to Serve on the District Court Bench] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090809203540/http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/President-Obama-Nominates-Abdul-K-Kallon-and-Jacqueline-H-Nguyen-to-Serve-on-the-District-Court-Bench/ |date=2009-08-09 }}, ''whitehouse.gov'' (July 31, 2009).</ref>
-== Federal judicial service ==
 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]].<ref name="whitehouse.gov" /> Kallon was nominated for the seat vacated by Clemon, who retired earlier in 2009.<ref name="blog.al.com_20090731">Mary Orndorff, [http://blog.al.com/sweethome/2009/07/president_obama_nominates_abdu.html President Obama nominates Abdul Kallon for federal judgeship in Birmingham], ''[[The Birmingham News]]'' (July 31, 2009).</ref> According to news accounts, Kallon had been recommended for the judgeship by a panel of legal experts assembled by United States Representative [[Artur Davis]]. However, his name was not on a list of candidates compiled by a committee of the [[Alabama Democratic Party]].<ref name="blog.al.com_20090731" /> The [[United States Senate]] confirmed Kallon to his judgeship by [[unanimous consent]] on November 21, 2009.<ref name=tbn_20091123>Mary Orndorff, [http://blog.al.com/sweethome/2009/11/abdul_kallon_confirmed_by_sena.html Birmingham's Abdul Kallon confirmed by Senate for federal judgeship], ''[[The Birmingham News]]'' (November 23, 2009).</ref> He received his commission on January 4, 2010.<ref name="fjc.gov"/>
-On February 11, 2016, President Obama nominated Kallon to serve as a Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, to the seat vacated by Judge [[Joel Fredrick Dubina]], who took [[senior status]] on October 26, 2013. His nomination expired on January 3, 2017, with the end of the [[114th United States Congress|114th Congress]].<ref name="fjc.gov"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2016/02/11/president-obama-nominates-judge-abdul-k-kallon-serve-united-states-court|work=[[whitehouse.gov]]|title=President Obama Nominates Judge Abdul K. Kallon to Serve on the United States Court of Appeals|via=[[NARA|National Archives]]|date=11 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2016/02/11/presidential-nominations-sent-senate|work=[[whitehouse.gov]]|title=Presidential Nominations Sent to the Senate|via=[[NARA|National Archives]]|date=11 February 2016}}</ref>
+On February 11, 2016, President Obama nominated Kallon to serve as a circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, to the seat vacated by Judge [[Joel Fredrick Dubina]], who took [[senior status]] on October 26, 2013. His nomination expired on January 3, 2017, with the end of the [[114th United States Congress|114th Congress]].<ref name="fjc.gov"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2016/02/11/president-obama-nominates-judge-abdul-k-kallon-serve-united-states-court|work=[[whitehouse.gov]]|title=President Obama Nominates Judge Abdul K. Kallon to Serve on the United States Court of Appeals|via=[[NARA|National Archives]]|date=February 11, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2016/02/11/presidential-nominations-sent-senate|work=[[whitehouse.gov]]|title=Presidential Nominations Sent to the Senate|via=[[NARA|National Archives]]|date=February 11, 2016}}</ref>
+On April 6, 2022, Kallon announced he would resign from the court effective August 31, 2022.<ref name="fjc.gov"/><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.birminghamtimes.com/2022/04/abdul-k-kallon-resigns-as-federal-judge-for-northern-district-of-alabama/ | title=Abdul K. Kallon Resigns as Federal Judge for Northern District of Alabama | date=April 6, 2022 }}</ref> He joined [[Perkins Coie]] law firm as a [[Partner (business rank)|partner]] after leaving the federal bench.<ref name="Perkins Coie">{{Cite web |title=Perkins Coie - Abdul K. Kallon |url=https://www.perkinscoie.com/en/professionals/abdul-k-kallon.html |language=en-US}}</ref>
 ==See also==
 * [[Barack Obama judicial appointment controversies]]
+* [[List of African-American federal judges]]
 * [[List of African-American jurists]]
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