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William Holcombe Pryor Jr. (born April 26, 1962) is an American lawyer who has served as the chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit since 2020. He was appointed as a United States circuit judge of the court by President George W. Bush in 2004.
William H. Pryor Jr. is the Chief Judge of the Eleventh Circuit and a former Attorney General of Alabama. He is a member of The American Law Institute, a coauthor of a treatise on judicial precedent, and a speaker at Federalist Society events.
Prior to his appointment, Pryor was the attorney general of Alabama. Pryor succeeded Ed Carnes as the chief judge of the 11th Circuit in 2020. Pryor was included on President Donald Trump’s (R) June 2018 list of 25 potential Supreme Court nominees to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy on the court.
Learn about the biography, education, and career of Hon. William H. Pryor Jr., a U.S. Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit since 2004. He is also the current chief judge and a member of the U.S. Sentencing Commission.
Dec 11, 2022 · Pryor is a leader of the conservative judicial movement, a repeat shortlister for the Supreme Court, and a longtime member of the Federalist Society, a network of right-leaning lawyers who ...
William H. Pryor Jr. serves as Chief Circuit Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. In 2013–18, he served on the U.S. Sentencing Commission and, in 2017–18, as Acting Chair. He served as Attorney General of Alabama from 1997 to 2004.
Jan 14, 2022 · Bill Pryor, chief judge of the federal appeals court in Atlanta, has been cleared of allegations of wrongdoing in that he hired a law clerk accused of sending racist and xenophobic texts.
