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Ira DeMent

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama · 1992

Ira DeMent , Judge, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama. Ira De Ment (December 21, 1931 – July 16, 2011) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama.

Education

  • University of AlabamaB.S., 1953
  • University of Alabama School of LawJ.D., 1958

Career

U.S. Army Reserve lieutenant colonel, 1953-1974; U.S. Air Force Reserve major general and judge advocate, 1982-1986; Law clerk, Hon. Pelham J. Merrill, Supreme Court of Alabama, 1958-1959; Assistant attorney general, State of Alabama, 1959; Assistant U.S. attorney, Middle District of Alabama, 1959-1961; Private practice, Montgomery, Alabama, 1961-1969, 1977-1992; Assistant city attorney, Montgomery, Alabama, 1965-1969; U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Alabama, 1969-1977; Special counsel, Gov. Fob James, Alabama, 1980-1982; Special counsel, Gov. George C. Wallace, Alabama, 1983-1986; Special counsel, Gov. Guy Hunt, Alabama, 1987-1988, 1991; Chief judge, Wake Island Court of Appeals, 1985-1992

Biography

Ira De Ment (December 21, 1931 – July 16, 2011) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama.

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