Frank William Bullock Jr. (born November 3, 1938) is a former
United States district judge of the
United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina.
Education and career
Bullock was born in
Oxford,
North Carolina. He received a
Bachelor of Science from
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1961 and a
Bachelor of Laws from
University of North Carolina School of Law in 1963. He was a
law clerk
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for Judge
Algernon Lee Butler
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Education and career
Born in Clinton, North Carolina, Butler attended t ...
of the
from 1963 to 1964. He was in private practice of law in
Raleigh, North Carolina from 1964 to 1968. He was an assistant director for the Administrative Office of the Courts of North Carolina from 1968 to 1973. He was in private practice of law in
Greensboro, North Carolina from 1973 to 1982.
Federal judicial service
Bullock was a federal judge of the
United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina. Bullock was nominated by President
Ronald Reagan
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on November 23, 1982, to a seat on the
United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina vacated by Judge
Eugene Andrew Gordon. He was confirmed by the
United States Senate on December 10, 1982, and received his commission the same day. He served as Chief Judge from 1992 to 1999 and assumed
senior status on December 31, 2005. Bullock's service was terminated on August 1, 2006, due to retirement.
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1938 births
Living people
Judges of the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina
United States district court judges appointed by Ronald Reagan
20th-century American judges
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni
University of North Carolina School of Law alumni