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Rhesa Barksdale

Nonpartisan

United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit

Tenure

2009 - Present

Years in position

16

Prior offices:

United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit

Years in office: 1990 - 2009

Education

Bachelor's

U.S. Military Academy, 1966

Law

University of Mississippi Law Center, 1972

Personal

Birthplace

Jackson, MS

Rhesa Hawkins Barksdale is afederal judge onsenior status with theUnited States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit. He was nominated by PresidentGeorge H.W. Bush in 1989 and confirmed by Senate in 1990.^[1]

Early life and education

A native ofJackson, Mississippi, Barksdale graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point with his bachelor's degree in 1966 and from the University of Mississippi School of Law with hisJ.D. in 1972.^[1]

Military service

After graduating from the U.S. Military Academy, Barksdale served in the U.S. Army from 1966 to 1970.^[1]

Professional career

• 1982-1985: Chair, Mississippi Vietnam Veterans Leadership Program
• 1976: Instructor, Mississippi College School of Law
• 1975-1976: Instructor in constitutional law, University of Mississippi Law School paralegal course
• 1973-1990: Private practice,Jackson, Miss.
• 1972-1973: Law clerk, Hon.Byron White,Supreme Court of the United States^[1]

Judicial career

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

Nomination Tracker
Nominee Information
Name: Rhesa H. Barksdale
Court:United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit
Progress
Confirmed 112 days after nomination.
ANominated: November 17, 1989
AABA Rating:Substantial Majority Well Qualified, Minority Qualified
Questionnaire:
AHearing: February 27, 1990
QFRs:(Hover over QFRs to read more)
AReported: March 8, 1990
AConfirmed: March 9, 1990
AVote: Unanimous consent

Barksdale was nominated to theUnited States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit on November 17, 1989, to a seat vacated by JudgeAlvin Rubin. TheAmerican Bar Association rated BarksdaleSubstantial Majority Well Qualified, Minority Qualified for the nomination.^[2] Hearings on Barksdale's nomination were held before theUnited States Senate Committee on the Judiciary on February 27, 1990, and his nomination was reported by then-U.S. Sen.Joseph Biden (D-Del.) on March 8, 1990. Barksdale was confirmed by the unanimous consent of theU.S. Senate on March 9, 1990, and he received his commission on March 12, 1990. Barksdale assumedsenior status on August 8, 2009.^[1][3] He was succeeded in this position by JudgeJames Graves.

See also

• United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit

External links

Suggest a link

• Judge Barksdale's biography from theFederal Judicial Center

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served theU.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Active judges	Chief Judge: Jennifer Elrod  •  Don Willett  •  James Graves  •  Carl Stewart  •  Edith Jones  •  Leslie Southwick  •  Priscilla Richman  •  Catharina Haynes  •  Jerry Edwin Smith (Fifth Circuit)  •  Kurt Engelhardt  •  Irma Ramirez  •  Stephen Higginson  •  Cory Wilson  •  Stuart Kyle Duncan  •  James Ho  •  Andrew Oldham  •  Dana Douglas
Senior judges	James Dennis  •  Carolyn King  •  Patrick Higginbotham  •  Edith Clement  •  Fortunato Benavides  •  Jacques Wiener  •  W. Eugene Davis  •  Grady Jolly  •  Rhesa Barksdale  •
Former judges	John Minor Wisdom  •  Edward Harris  •  Peter Fay  •  John Godbold  •  Robert Lanier Anderson  •  Phyllis Kravitch  •  Gerald Tjoflat  •  Joseph Hatchett  •  Albert Henderson  •  Paul Roney  •  David Dyer  •  Elbert Tuttle  •  Thomas Clark (Eleventh Circuit)  •  Richard Rives  •  Robert Vance  •  Lewis Morgan  •  James Hill (Federal judge)  •  Andrew Phelps McCormick  •  Don Albert Pardee  •  Thomas Reavley  •  John Duhe  •  Harold DeMoss  •  Edward Prado  •  Robert Madden Hill  •  Alvin Rubin  •  Henry Politz  •  Reynaldo Garza  •  Albert Tate, Jr.  •  Jerre Williams  •  Robert Parker  •  Charles Pickering  •  David Davie Shelby  •  Rufus Edward Foster  •  Robert Lynn Batts  •  Nathan Philemon Bryan  •  Edwin Ruthven Holmes  •  Joseph Chappell Hutcheson Jr.  •  Alexander Campbell King  •  Samuel Hale Sibley  •  Claude Feemster Clayton  •  Richard Wilde Walker  •  Wayne Borah  •  Louie Willard Strum  •  Irving Goldberg  •  Leon McCord  •  Warren Leroy Jones  •  Robert Ainsworth  •  Joe Ingraham  •  William Thornberry  •  George Carswell  •  Curtis Waller  •  Griffin Bell  •  John Robert Brown (Federal judge)  •  Benjamin Cameron  •  James Coleman (federal judge)  •  Thomas Gee  •  Walter Gewin  •  Samuel Johnson  •  Elmo Lee  •  John Bryan Simpson  •  Frank M. Johnson, Jr.  •  Charles Clark (U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit)  •  Robert Lee Russell (Federal judge)  •  Gregg Costa  •
Former Chief judges	John Godbold  •  Elbert Tuttle  •  Richard Rives  •  Carl Stewart  •  Carolyn King  •  Priscilla Richman  •  Henry Politz  •  Joseph Chappell Hutcheson Jr.  •  John Robert Brown (Federal judge)  •  James Coleman (federal judge)  •  Charles Clark (U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit)  •

v • e Federal judges nominated byGeorge H.W. Bush
1989	Barksdale •Bonner •Buckwalter •Cyr •Fernandez •Garbis •Harmon •Lee •Lindberg •Lodge •Nelson •Nottingham •Plager •Rosen •Rymer •Smith •Spatt •Thomas •VanBebber •J. Walker •V. Walker •Wiener •Wright
1990	Alito •Amon •Birch •Boudin •Cleland •Clevenger •Dubina •Hamilton •Henderson •Hood •Hornby •Jones •Kent •Levi •Loken •Lourie •Martin •McBryde •McClure •McKenna •McLaughlin •McNamee •Moreno •Mullen •Nelson •Nickerson •Niemeyer •Norton •Parker •Pickering •Rader •Rainey •Randolph •Shanstrom •Shedd •Shubb •Singleton •Skretny •Souter •Sparr •Stahl •Stamp •Suhrheinrich •Taylor •Vollmer •Ware •Wilson
1991	Albritton •Andersen •Armstrong •Arnold •Bartle •Bassler •Batchelder •Beckwith •Belot •Benson •Blackburn •Bramlette •Brody •Brody •Burrell •Carnes •Caulfield •Cauthron •Clement •Collier •Conway •Cooper •Dalzell •DeMent •DeMoss •Doherty •Echols •Edmunds •Faber •Freeh •Gaitan •Garza •Graham •Haik •Hamilton •Hansen •Hendren •Herlong •Highsmith •Hogan •Huff •Hurley •Irenas •Johnson •Joyner •Kelly •Kleinfeld •Legg •Leonard •Lewis •Longstaff •Lungstrum •Luttig •Matia •McCalla •McDade •McKeague •McKelvie •Means •Merryday •Moore •Morgan •Nielsen •Nimmons •Osteen Sr. •Padova •Payne •Reinhard •Robinson •Robreno •Roll •Roth •Schlesinger •Scullin •Siler •Solis •Sotomayor •Sparks •Stohr •Thomas •Traxler •Trimble •Ungaro •Van Sickle •Wanger •Werlein •Whyte • Yohn
1992	Baird •Barbadoro •Black •Boudin •Carnes •Covello •DiClerico •Gilbert •Gonzalez •Gorton •Hansen •Heyburn •Jackson •Jacobs •Keeley •Kendall •Kopf •Kyle •Lewis •McAuliffe •McLaughlin •Melloy •Preska •Quist •Randa •Rosenthal •Rovner •Schall •Sedwick •Simandle •Stahl •Vratil •Williams