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

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of the

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Education

Hull graduated from the

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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

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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

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, and was on the

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Legal career

Hull was a

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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

Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Georgia (U.S. state), most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. It is the county seat, seat of Fulton County, Georg ...

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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 Fulton County, 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

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. 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 Phyllis Adele Kravitch (August 23, 1920 – June 15, 2017) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and later the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in Atlanta, Georgia. Ed ...

, who assumed senior status. 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 senior status on December 31, 2017.

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