Thomas Woodrow Thrash Jr. (born May 8, 1951) is a Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.

Thomas W. Thrash Jr.
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
Assumed office
May 8, 2021
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
In office
July 31, 2014 – May 8, 2021
Preceded byJulie E. Carnes
Succeeded byTimothy Batten
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
In office
August 1, 1997 – May 8, 2021
Appointed byBill Clinton
Preceded byRobert L. Vining Jr.
Succeeded byVictoria Calvert
Personal details
Born
Thomas Woodrow Thrash Jr.

(1951-05-08) May 8, 1951 (age 73)
Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.
Children2, including Maggie Thrash
EducationUniversity of Virginia (BA)
Harvard University (JD)

Education and career

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Born in Birmingham, Alabama, Thrash received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Virginia in 1973 and a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School in 1976. He was in private practice in Atlanta, Georgia from 1976 to 1977. He was then an assistant district attorney of Fulton County District Attorney's Office until 1980. He resumed his private practice in Atlanta from 1981 to 1997. He was a Law professor at Georgia State University from 1986 to 1997.

Federal judicial service

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On January 7, 1997, Thrash was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia vacated by Robert L. Vining Jr. Thrash was confirmed by the United States Senate on July 31, 1997, and received his commission on August 1, 1997. He became Chief Judge on July 31, 2014. He assumed senior status on May 8, 2021.

Undisclosed luxury travel

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In May 2024, NPR revealed that Thrash had received free travel in December 2021 to the Breakers Colloquium, a privately funded legal seminar hosted at The Breakers resort in Palm Beach, Florida, but had failed to disclose this on his required annual financial disclosure report for that year, in violation of federal law.[1] In response, a representative of Thrash told NPR, "No comment."[1]

Sources

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  1. ^ a b Dreisbach, Tom; Johnson, Carrie (2024-05-01). "When judges get free trips to luxury resorts, disclosure is spotty". NPR. Archived from the original on 2024-05-01. Retrieved 2024-05-06.
Legal offices
Preceded by Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
1997–2021
Succeeded by
Preceded by Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
2014–2021
Succeeded by