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Africk, Lance M.

Born 1951 in New York, NY

Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
Nominated by George W. Bush on January 23, 2002, to a seat vacated by Edith Brown Clement. Confirmed by the Senate on April 17, 2002, and received commission on April 17, 2002.

Other Federal Judicial Service:
U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1990-2002

Education:
University of North Carolina, B.A., 1973
University of North Carolina School of Law, J.D., 1975

Professional Career:

Law clerk, Hon. James Gulotta, Louisiana Court of Appeal, Fourth Judicial Circuit, 1975-1976
Private practice, Louisiana, 1976-1977, 1980-1982
Director, Career Criminal Bureau, Orleans Parish [Louisiana] District Attorney's Office, 1977-1980
Assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of Louisiana, 1982-1990
Instructor, University of New Orleans, 1986-