William H. Pryor Jr.

William H. Pryor Jr.
Pryor in 2022
Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Assumed office
June 3, 2020
Preceded byEdward Earl Carnes
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Assumed office
February 20, 2004
Appointed byGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byEmmett Ripley Cox
Chair of the United States Sentencing Commission
Acting
January 3, 2017 – December 2018
PresidentBarack Obama
Donald Trump
Preceded byPatti B. Saris
Succeeded byCharles Breyer (acting)
45th Attorney General of Alabama
In office
January 3, 1997 – February 20, 2004
GovernorFob James
Don Siegelman
Bob Riley
Preceded byJeff Sessions
Succeeded byTroy King
Personal details
Born (1962-04-26) April 26, 1962 (age 62)
Mobile, Alabama, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
EducationNortheast Louisiana University (BA)
Tulane University (JD)

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. He is a former commissioner of the United States Sentencing Commission.[1] Previously, he was the attorney general of Alabama, from 1997 to 2004.

  1. ^ U.S. Sentencing Commission. "Bios of Commissioners". Archived from the original on April 8, 2016. Retrieved November 8, 2013.