Willie Louis Sands
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W. Louis Sands (born 1949) is a United States federal judge.
Sands was born in Bradley, Georgia. He received a B.A. from Mercer University in 1971. He received a J.D. from Mercer University School of Law in 1974. He was in the United States Army Reserve Signal Corps Second Lieutenant in 1974. He was in the United States Army Reserve from 1974 to 1980. He was an Assistant district attorney of Macon Judicial Circuit from 1975 to 1978. He was an assistant U.S. Attorney of the Middle District of Georgia from 1978 to 1987. He was in private practice in Macon, Georgia from 1987 to 1991. He was a judge on the Superior Court, Macon Judicial District from 1991 to 1993.
Sands was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia. Sands was nominated by President Bill Clinton on February 9, 1994, to a new seat created by 104 Stat. 5089. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 6, 1994, and received his commission on May 9, 1994. He served as chief judge from 2001-2006.
Sources
- Willie Louis Sands at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.