On June 3, 2020, United States Circuit Judge William H. Pryor Jr. assumed the duties of Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and as Chairman of the Eleventh Circuit Judicial Council. In fulfilling the duties of the office, Chief Judge Pryor becomes the highest-ranking judicial officer in the Eleventh Circuit and fills one of the Eleventh Circuit’s two positions on the Judicial Conference of the United States, the principal policy making organization for the United States courts. Judge Pryor, who is stationed in Birmingham, Alabama, succeeds Judge Ed Carnes of Montgomery, Alabama, who served as Chief Judge from August 1, 2013 to June 2, 2020.
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