W. Louis Sands

Education

Bachelor, Mercer U., 1971; Juris Doctor, Mercer U., 1974.

Career

Chief legal assistant to district attorney, Macon Judicial Circuit, 1974; assistant district attorney, Macon Judicial Circuit, 1975-1978; assistant United State Attorneys, United States District Court (middle district) Georgia, 1978-1987; with, Mathis, Sands, Jordan & Adams, Macon, 1987-1991; judge superior court, Macon Judicial Circuit, 1991-1993; district judge, United States District Court (middle district) Georgia, Albany, since 1994. Partner Investors Ltd., 1984-1991. Member task force substance abuse Georgia Supreme Court, since 1991, member committee gender equality, since 1993.

Board directors Bank Corporation Georgia/1st South Bank (National Association).

Achievements

• W. Louis Sands has been listed as a reputable Federal judge by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Organist/minister music, officer Steward Chapel AME Church, since 1976. Active Cmty. Foundation Georgia, Inc. Member 30th anniversary planning committee Mercer U., member board visitors Walter F. George school law, since 1994.

Vice president Georgia Commission Family Violence, since 1992. Board directors Macon Symphony, since 1992. Second lieutenant Signal corpus, United States army, 1971, research.

Member American Bar Association, American Judicature Society, State Bar Georgia (member bench and bar com.1991-), Macon Bar Association (president 1991-1992), Council Superior Court Judges (member bench and bar committee since 1991), Walter F. George School Law Alumni Association (board directors), Scabbard and Blade Military Honor Society, Alpha Phi Alpha, Sigma Pi Phi, Homosophian Club.