Sam C. Pointer, Jr.

Sam Clyde Pointer Jr. (November 15, 1934 – March 15, 2008) was an attorney in Birmingham, Alabama (United States) and a United States federal judge for the Northern District of Alabama from 1970 to 2000. He was a noted figure in complex multidistrict class-action litigation.

Born in Birmingham, Alabama, Pointer received an A.B. from Vanderbilt University in 1955, and a J.D. from the University of Alabama School of Law in 1957, finishing first in his class. He was admitted to the Alabama State Bar in 1957, and went on to receive an LL.M. in tax law from New York University School of Law in 1958. He was in the United States Army in 1957, and in the United States Army Reserve from 1957 to 1970. He was in private practice in Birmingham, Alabama from 1958 to 1970, working for his father, Sam C. Pointer, Sr.

On September 22, 1970, Pointer was nominated by President Richard Nixon to a new seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama created by 84 Stat. 294. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 8, 1970, and received his commission on October 14, 1970. He became the District's Chief Judge in 1982, and continued to hold that position throughout his tenure on the bench.

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