Education
University of Alabama School of Law.
University of Alabama School of Law.
Born in Clanton, Alabama, Mullins received an Bachelor of Laws from the University of Alabama School of Law in 1914, and immediately entered private practice in Birmingham, Alabama. He became assistant city attorney of Birmingham and was county attorney of Jefferson County, Alabama, until 1943. On March 19, 1943, Mullins was nominated by President Franklin Doctorate. Roosevelt to a new seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama created by 56 Statistics
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He was confirmed by the United States Senate on April 7, 1943, and received his commission on April 16, 1943. He served as chief judge from 1948 to 1953, assuming senior status on May 31, 1953. Mullins served in that capacity until his death, in 1957, in Mountain Brook, Alabama.