The U.S. Senate confirmed Alabama lawyer Harold D. Mooty III for a federal judgeship position in the Northern District of Alabama on Tuesday.

Mooty, who will now serve as a U.S. district judge for the Northern District, was nominated by President Donald Trump in August.

The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 66-32 to confirm Mooty’s appointment.

At the time of his appointment, Mooty was serving as a partner and commercial litigator at Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP in Huntsville.

“Hal is one of the top Commercial Litigators in Alabama, a State that I love, and won BIG three times, in 2016, 2020, and 2024,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post announcing Mooty’s appointment.

The president went on to write that Mooty “has developed an incredible reputation for being tough, smart, and fier

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