Henry Lee Adams Jr
U.S. District Court, Middle District of FloridaJudge Adams was appointed a United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida in December 1993. He received his B.S. in 1966 from Florida A & M University and his J.D. from Howard University College of Law in 1969. He was awarded a Reginald Heber Smith Fellowship in April 1969 and after completing a Consumer Rights and Poverty Law training program at Haverford College, Ardmore, Pennsylvania, was assigned to the Duval County Legal Aid Association (n/k/a Jacksonville Area Legal Aid, Inc). In November 1970, he was appointed Assistant Public Defender of the Fourth Judicial Circuit and remained in that position until January 1972, when he joined the law firm of Sheppard, Fletcher, Hand & Adams. In 1976, he joined the law firm of Marshall and Adams where he maintained a general practice of law. In October 1979, he was appointed Circuit Judge in and for the Fourth Judicial Circuit (Clay, Duval and Nassau Counties), where he served until his appointment to the federal bench.
- Judge
- U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida
- - Current
- Assumed senior status on April 8, 2010.
- Circuit judge
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- Fourth Judicial Circuit, Florida
- Private practice
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- Jacksonville, Florida
- Assistant public defender
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- Fourth Judicial Circuit, Duval County, Florida
- Reginald Heber Smith Fellow
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- Duval County Legal Aid Association, Duval County, Florida
- Howard University School of Law
- J.D.
- Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
- B.S.