Callie V. Granade

Callie V. Granade
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama
Assumed office
March 7, 2016
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama
In office
2003–2010
Preceded byCharles Randolph Butler Jr.
Succeeded byWilliam H. Steele
Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama
In office
February 12, 2002 – March 7, 2016
Appointed byGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byAlex T. Howard Jr.
Succeeded byJeff Beaverstock
Personal details
Born
Callie Virginia Smith

(1950-03-07) March 7, 1950 (age 74)
Lexington, Virginia
EducationHollins College (BA)
University of Texas School of Law (JD)

Callie Virginia Granade (née Smith; born March 7, 1950) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama. The first female federal prosecutor in Mobile, Granade became the first woman in Alabama to be named a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, and the first female federal district judge in her district.[1]

  1. ^ Erickson, Ben (2008). Mobile's legal legacy: three hundred years of law in the Port City (1st ed.). Birmingham, Alabama: Association Pub. Co. with Mobile Bar Association. p. 129. ISBN 978-0-9668380-8-4. OCLC 270237290. OL 22675260M.