ACCL Membership Directory

Frank Hull

  • U.S. Circuit Judge
  • United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit
  • Elbert P. Tuttle United States Court of Appeals Building
    56 Forsyth Street NW
  • Atlanta, Georgia 30303
  • Email: fmh@ca11.uscourts.gov
  • Phone: (404) 335-6550
  • Cell: (770) 329-6131
  • Company Phone: (404) 335-6560
  • Fax: (404) 335-6560

Education

  • Undergraduate: B.A. Randolph Macon Woman's College (1970)
  • Law School: Emory Law School (1973)

Career History

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit; 1979-present

Judge, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia; 1994-1997

Judge, Superior Court of the Atlanta Judicial Circuit, Atlanta, GA; 1990-1994

Judge, State Court of Fulton County, Atlanta, GA; 1984-1990

Trial Attorney, Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy, Atlanta, GA; 1974-84 (Partner 1980-1984)

Law Clerk, Judge Elbert P. Tuttle, U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit; 1973-1974

Professional Activities

Honorary Fellow, American College of Construction Lawyers

Space & Facilities Committee for U.S. Judicial Conference, 2007-2013

Codes of Conduct Committee for U.S. Judicial Conference, 2001-2007

Rosalynn Carter Fellow in Public Policy Studies at Emory University Institute for Women’s Studies, 2000-2002

American Bar Foundation Fellow, since 1992

Bleckley American Inn of Court, 1991-1997

State of Georgia Commission on Family Violence, 1992-1994

American Judicature Society, National Board of Directors, 1990-1996

State Bar of Georgia Correctional Facilities and Services Committee (“BASICS” – employment workshops for inmates prior to release), 1990-1994

Chair, Gender/Racial/Ethnic Fairness in the Courts Committee, Council of Superior Court Judges, and Uniform Rules Committee, 1990-1994

Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation, Board of Directors, 1988-1991

State of Georgia Commission on Gender Bias in the Judicial System, 1988-1991

ABA’s Forum Committee on Construction Industry, Chair, Contract Documents Division, 1983-1985

ABA’s Forum Committee on Construction Industry, Editorial Staff, The Construction Lawyer, 1981-1985

ABA’s Fidelity and Surety Law Committee, Vice-Chair, 1978-1985

Atlanta Council of Younger Lawyers, Board of Directors, 1977-1979

Representative Articles, Publications, Speeches and Seminars

“Attorneys’ Fees and Court Costs Under Bankers’ Blanket Bonds” (Topic of paper and speed at Banking Law Institute Seminar in Chicago), May 1984

“An Overview of the Liability of the Contractor’s Accountant to Third Parties in the Construction Industry,” 4 The Construction Lawyer No. 2, 1983

“Who is an Employee Covered by Fidelity Bonds” (Topic of paper and speech at ABA’s 1983 National Institute on Employee Dishonesty in New Orleans

“The ABCs of Unidentifiable Emplooyee Coverage,” 15 Forum 948 (1980) (Topic of paper and speech for TIPS at ABA’s Mid-Winter Meeting in New York)

“Surety’s Liability for Attorneys’ Fees and Court Costs Under Fidelity Bonds,” 14 Forum 634 (1979) (Topic of paper and speech for TIPS at ABA’s 1978 Annual Meeting in New York)

“Bankruptcy of Principal: Reclamation and Other Common Problems Facing the Principal and Its Surety,” 12 Forum 200 (1976) (Topic of paper for TIPS at ABA’s 1976 Annual Meeting in Atlanta

“Civil Procedure–Application of Long-Arm Statute to Foreign Corporation,” 8 Georgia State Bar Journal 414 (1973)

“Pyramid Marketing Plans and Consumer Protection:  State and Federal Regulations,” 21 Journal of Public Law 445 (1973) (now Emory Law Journal)

Court Admissions

U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit, 1982

U.S. Supreme Court, 1977

U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia, 1974

Georgia Supreme Court, 1974

Georgia Court of Appeals, 1974

Superior Court of Fulton County, 1974

Community Activities

Member, Cathedral of St. Philip, Atlanta, GA

Atlanta Speech School Guild

Atlanta Botanical Garden

High Museum of Art



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