Frank Mays Hull (born December 9, 1948) is a senior

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of the

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Education

Hull graduated from the Academy of Richmond County in 1966, and received her

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degree from Randolph-Macon Woman's College (now

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) in 1970. She received her Juris Doctor from

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in 1973.Bill Rankin and Ken Foskett,
Clinton to appoint ex-Fulton judge Hull
, ''The Atlanta Constitution'' (May 3, 1997), p. D2. She graduated cum laude,

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, and was on the

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Legal career

Hull was a law clerk to Judge Elbert P. Tuttle of the

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from 1973 to 1974. She was an associate attorney with the law firm Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy, in

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from 1974 to 1980 and a partner there from 1980 to 1984. She served as a Judge for the State Court of

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, Georgia from 1984 to 1990, as a Judge for the Superior Court of Fulton County, Georgia from 1990 to 1994.

Federal judicial service

Hull was nominated by

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on February 9, 1994, to a seat on the

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vacated by Marvin Herman Shoob. She was confirmed by the Senate on May 6, 1994, and received commission on May 9, 1994. Her service terminated on October 2, 1997, due to her elevation to the court of appeals. She was nominated by President

on June 18, 1997, for the

to a seat vacated by Phyllis A. Kravitch, who assumed

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. She was confirmed by the

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by a 96–0 vote on September 4, 1997. She received her commission on September 18, 1997. She assumed

on December 31, 2017.

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