Background
Hobbs, Truman McGill was born on February 8, 1921 in Selma, Alabama, United States. Son of Sam F. and Sarah Ellen (Greene) Hobbs.
Hobbs, Truman McGill was born on February 8, 1921 in Selma, Alabama, United States. Son of Sam F. and Sarah Ellen (Greene) Hobbs.
Bachelor of Arts, Univercity North Carolina, 1942; Bachelor of Laws, Yale University, 1948.
Born in Selma, Alabama, Hobbs received an A.B. from the University of North Carolina in 1942, and was a Lieutenant in the United States Navy during World War II, from 1942 to 1946. He received an LL.B. from Yale Law School in 1948, becoming a law clerk to Justice Hugo Black of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1948 to 1949. He was in private practice in Montgomery, Alabama, from 1949 to 1980, also serving as chairman of the Alabama Unemployment Appeal Board from 1952 to 1958.
On January 23, 1980, Hobbs was nominated by President Jimmy Carter to a new seat on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama created by 92 Stat. 1629. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on April 3, 1980, and received his commission the same day. He served as chief judge from 1984 to 1991, assuming senior status on February 11, 1991.
He died on November 4, 2015, at his family home in Montgomery, Alabama.
President United Appeal Montgomery. President Montgomery County Tuberculosis Association. Vice president Alabama Committee for Better Schools.
Chairman Montgomery County Executive Democratic Committee, 1970. Served to lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1946, European Theatre of Operations, PTO. Fellow American College Trial Lawyers. Member International Academy Trial Lawyers, Alabama Plaintiffs Lawyers Association (past president), Alabama Bar Association (president 1970-1971), Montgomery County Bar Association (past president).
Married Joyce Cummings, July 9, 1949. Children– Emilie C. Reid, Frances John Rose, Dexter Cummings, Truman McGill.
