Graham Calder Mullen

Graham Calder Mullen
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina
Incumbent
Assumed office December 1, 2005
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina
In office 1998–2005
Preceded by	Richard Lesley Voorhees
Succeeded by	Robert J. Conrad
Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina
In office September 11, 1990 – December 1, 2005
Appointed by	George H. W. Bush
Preceded by	James Bryan McMillan
Succeeded by	Martin Karl Reidinger
Personal details
Born	Graham Calder Mullen 1940 (age 85–86) Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.
Education	Duke University (BA, JD)

Graham Calder Mullen (born 1940) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina.

Education and career

Mullen was born in Gastonia, North Carolina. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Duke University in 1962 and a Juris Doctor from Duke University School of Law in 1969. He was a lieutenant in the United States Navy from 1962 to 1966. He was then in private practice in Gastonia, North Carolina from 1969 to 1990.

Federal judicial service

On February 20, 1990, Mullen was nominated by President George H. W. Bush to a seat on the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina vacated by Judge James Bryan McMillan. Mullen was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 10, 1990, and received his commission on September 11, 1990. He served as Chief Judge from 1998 to 2005. He assumed senior status on December 1, 2005.

Sources

• Graham Calder Mullen at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.