Frank DeArmon Whitney
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina. Senior status. Born 1959.
Federal judicial service
Newest firstJudge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina
- Appointed by
- George W. Bush (Republican)
- Nominated
- Feb 14, 2006
- Senate vote
- Voice vote
- Confirmed
- Jun 22, 2006
- Commissioned
- Jul 5, 2006
- Senior status
- Dec 1, 2024
Other federal judicial service
- Military Judge, U.S. Army, Kuwait, Iraq, and Afghanistan, 2011
Education
- B.A., Wake Forest University, 1982
- M.B.A., University of North Carolina, 1987
- J.D., University of North Carolina School of Law, 1987
Career
- U.S. Army Reserve colonel, 1982-2012
- Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1987-1988, 1989-1990
- Law clerk, Hon. David B. Sentelle, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1988-1989
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Western District of North Carolina, 1990-2001
- Private practice, Charlotte, North Carolina, 2001-2002
- U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, 2002-2006
DataSources: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal JudgesData as of Oct 29, 2026
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