Hon. Joel F. Dubina

U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit

After graduating from Lanier High School in Montgomery, Alabama, Joel F. Dubina graduated from The University of Alabama in the fall of 1970.  He then attended the Cumberland School of Law in Birmingham, Alabama and after graduating he and his wife, Beth, returned to Montgomery where he clerked for United States District Judge Robert E. Varner.  After practicing law for nine years Judge Dubina was then appointed as a United States Magistrate Judge in 1983, a United States District Judge in 1986 by President Ronald Reagan and to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in 1990 by President George H.W. Bush.  He became Chief Judge of the Eleventh Circuit on June 1, 2009.  While serving as Chief Judge, Chief Justice John Roberts appointed Judge Dubina as a member of the Judicial Conference of the United States and its seven-member Executive Committee.  On August 1, 2013, Judge Dubina stepped down as Chief Judge of the Eleventh Circuit and on October 26, 2013, took senior status.