Background
Hanks was born in 1964, in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana.
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George Carol Hanks
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Harvard Law School; Louisiana State University.
Career
He received a Bachelor of Arts degree, summa cum laude, in 1986 from Louisiana State University. He received a Juris Doctor in 1989 from Harvard Law School. He received a Master of Laws degree in 2014 from Duke University Law School.
He began his legal career by serving as a law clerk for Judge Sim Lake of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, from 1989 to 1991.
From 2001 to 2002, he served as a District Judge for the 157th Civil District Court of Texas. From 2003 to 2010, he served as a Justice on the First Court of Appeals of Texas.
From September 13, 2010 to April 22, 2015, he served as a United States Magistrate Judge in the Southern District of Texas. On September 18, 2014, President Obama nominated Hanks to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, to the seat vacated by Judge Nancy Friedman Atlas, who took senior status on June 20, 2014.
On December 16, 2014 his nomination was returned to the President due to the sine die adjournment of the 113th Congress.
On January 7, 2015, President Obama renominated him to the same position. He received a hearing before the Judiciary Committee on January 21, 2015. On February 26, 2015 his nomination was reported out of committee by voice vote.
On April 20, 2015 the United States Senate voted 91-0 in favor of confirmation.
He received his judicial commission on April 22, 2015, and was assigned to the Galveston Division of the Southern District of Texas.
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