DAVID
B. SENTELLE
Judge Sentelle was appointed United States Circuit
Judge in October 1987, served as Chief Judge from February 11, 2008 until
February 11, 2013, and took senior status on February 12, 2013. He is a 1968 graduate of the University of North Carolina Law School. Following law school, he practiced with the
firm of Uzzell & DuMont until he became an Assistant U.S. Attorney in
Charlotte, N.C. in 1970. From 1974 to
1977, he served as a North Carolina State District Judge but left the bench in
1977 to become a partner with the firm of Tucker, Hicks, Sentelle,
Moon & Hodge. In 1985, Judge Sentelle
joined the U.S. District Court, Western District of North Carolina, in
Asheville, where he served until his appointment to the D.C. Circuit. Judge Sentelle was
the Presiding Judge of the Special Division for the Purpose of Appointing
Independent Counsels (1992-2006). He
also served as the Chair of the U.S. Judicial Conference's Executive Committee
(2010-2013). Judge Sentelle served for over 20 years as President of the Edward
Bennett Williams Inn of the American Inns of Court.