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American judge (born 1953)
Richard Wayne Story
(born May 3, 1953)
[1]
is a
senior
United States district judge
of the
United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
.
Education and career
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Story was born Ricky Wayne Story in
Augusta
,
Georgia
, legally changing his name to Richard in 1977.
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He received a
Bachelor of Arts
degree from
LaGrange College
in 1975 and a
Juris Doctor
from the
University of Georgia School of Law
in 1978. Story was in private practice in
Gainesville
, Georgia from 1978 to 1986. He was a part-time special assistant attorney general of Georgia from 1980 to 1984.
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Judicial service
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State judicial service
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Story was a part-time judge of the Juvenile Court of
Hall County
, Georgia from 1985 to 1986. He was a Chief Judge, Northeastern Judicial Circuit of the Superior Court of Georgia from 1986 to 1997.
Federal judicial service
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Story was nominated by President
Bill Clinton
to be a United States District Judge of the
United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
on September 15, 1997, to a seat vacated by
William Clark O'Kelley
. He was confirmed by the
United States Senate
on January 28, 1998, and received his commission on February 4, 1998. He assumed
senior status
on December 1, 2018.
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