Edmund Gerard LaCour Jr.

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. Born 1985.

Federal judicial service

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Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

Appointed by: Donald J. Trump (Republican)
Nominated: Sep 2, 2025
Senate vote: 51 to 47
Confirmed: Oct 29, 2025
Commissioned: Nov 3, 2025

Education

B.A., Birmingham-Southern College, 2007
M.Phil., Trinity College Dublin, 2008
J.D., Yale Law School, 2011

Career

Law clerk, Hon. William H. Pryor, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, 2011-2012
Private practice, Houston, Texas, 2012-2014
Private practice, Washington, D.C., 2014-2018
Deputy solicitor general, State of Alabama, 2018-2019
Solicitor general, State of Alabama, 2019-2025

Other nominations

Nominated to U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, June 2, 2020; no Senate vote; Nominated to U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, January 3, 2021; nomination withdrawn by president, February 4, 2021

DataSources: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal JudgesData as of Oct 29, 2026

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