Terry L. Wooten
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina
Incumbent
Assumed office February 28, 2019
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina
In office January 16, 2013 – February 28, 2019
Preceded by	Margaret B. Seymour
Succeeded by	Robert Bryan Harwell
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina
In office November 26, 2001 – February 28, 2019
Appointed by	George W. Bush
Preceded by	Seat established by 114 Stat. 2762
Succeeded by	Joseph Dawson III
Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina
In office 1999–2001
Personal details
Born	1954 (age 69–70) Louisville, Kentucky
Alma mater	University of South Carolina (BA, JD)
Occupation	Judge, lawyer

Terry L. Wooten (born 1954) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina.

Education and career

Born in Louisville, Kentucky, Wooten received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of South Carolina in 1976 and a Juris Doctor from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1980. He was in private practice in South Carolina from 1980 to 1982. He was an Assistant Solicitor, Richland County, South Carolina, from 1982 to 1986. He was a Chief counsel, United States Senate Judiciary Committee from 1986 to 1991. He was an Assistant United States Attorney of the United States Attorney's Office, District of South Carolina from 1992 to 1999.

District court service

Wooten was nominated by President George W. Bush on September 4, 2001, to a new seat created by 114 Stat. 2762. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on November 8, 2001, and received his commission on November 26, 2001. He became Chief Judge on January 16, 2013. He assumed senior status on February 28, 2019.

Sources

• Terry L. Wooten at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.