R. Lanier Anderson III
| Lanier Anderson | |
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| Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | |
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In office May 14, 1999 – May 31, 2002 |
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| Preceded by | Joseph Hatchett |
| Succeeded by | James Edmondson |
| Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | |
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In office October 1, 1981 – January 31, 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Seat established |
| Succeeded by | Beverly Martin |
| Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | |
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In office July 13, 1979 – October 1, 1981 |
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| Appointed by | Jimmy Carter |
| Preceded by | Seat established |
| Succeeded by | Seat abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
November 12, 1936 Macon, Georgia, U.S. |
| Education |
Yale University (BA) Harvard University (LLB) |
Robert Lanier Anderson III (born November 12, 1936) is a senior U.S. Circuit Court Judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
Born on November 12, 1936 in Macon, Georgia, Robert Lanier Anderson III was named for his father and grandfather; his grandfather had been named for Robert Sampson Lanier, the brother-in-law and longtime law partner of his great grandfather, Clifford Anderson. Robert Lanier and Clifford Anderson started the firm with which all four generations practiced and which, dating from the 1840s and having gone through several iterations, is the second oldest continuous practice in the state of Georgia.Robert Sampson Lanier, was the father of noted poet and musician Sidney Lanier. After graduating from Bibb County public schools Anderson earned an A.B. degree from Yale University in 1958, and an LL.B. degree from Harvard Law School in 1961.
A fourth-generation, Macon, Georgia lawyer, Anderson began private practice in his hometown of Macon, Georgia in 1961. He fulfilled his military obligation as a lieutenant in the United States Army from 1961 until 1963, stationed on a Nike Site in Denbigh, VA, being discharged as a Captain in the reserves in 1965. Anderson had by then returned to private legal practice in Macon, where he worked from 1963 until 1979. He practiced at the family firm of Anderson Walker & Reichert, concentrating most of his efforts on tax and estate planning. Among other civic activities he served on the Bibb County Board of Education from 1968-74.
On April 18, 1979, President Jimmy Carter nominated Anderson to a newly created seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. The United States Senate confirmed Anderson on July 12, 1979, and he received his commission on July 13, 1979.
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