Richard Bilby

Nonpartisan

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the District of Arizona

Years in office: 1996 - 1998

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Years in office: 1979 - 1996

Education

Bachelor's

University of Arizona, 1955

Law

University of Michigan Law School, 1958

Personal

Birthplace

Tucson, AZ

Richard Mansfield Bilby (1931-1998) was afederal judge on theUnited States District Court for the District of Arizona.

Bilby was nominated by PresidentJimmy Carter on June 5, 1979, to a seat vacated byWilliam Frey; he was confirmed by the Senate on September 25, 1979, and received commissionthe next day. From 1984-1990, he served as thechief judge. He assumedsenior status onMay 29, 1996. He served the District of Arizona until his death onAugust 11, 1998.^[1] Bilby was succeeded in this position byFrank Zapata.

Early life and education

• University of Arizona, B.S., 1955
• University of Michigan Law School, J.D., 1958

Professional career

• U.S. Army Corporal, 1952-1954
• Law clerk, Hon. R.H. Chambers, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1958-1959
• Private practice, Tucson, Arizona, 1959-1979

Judicial career

District of Arizona

Bilby was nominated by PresidentJimmy Carter on June 5, 1979, to a seat vacated byWilliam Frey; he was confirmed by the Senate on September 25, 1979, and received commissionthe next day. From 1984-1990, he served as thechief judge. He assumedsenior status onMay 29, 1996. He served the District of Arizona until his death onAugust 11, 1998.^[2] Bilby was succeeded in this position byFrank Zapata.

See also

• United States District Court for the District of Arizona

External links

• Biography from theFederal Judicial Center.

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the District of Arizona
Active judges	•  Murray Snow  •  Susan Brnovich  •  Scott Rash  •  Jennifer Zipps  •  Rosemary Marquez  •  Steven Logan  •  Diane Humetewa  •  John Tuchi  •  Dominic Lanza  •  Michael Liburdi  •  John Hinderaker  •  Krissa Lanham  •  Angela Martinez (Arizona)  •  Sharad Desai
Senior judges	Stephen McNamee  •  Susan Bolton  •  David G. Campbell  •  Frederick Martone  •  Roslyn Silver  •  James Teilborg  •  David Bury  •  Raner Collins  •  Cindy Jorgenson  •  Frank Zapata  •  Neil Wake  •  Douglas Rayes  •  James A. Soto  •
Magistrate judges	Michelle Burns  •  Eileen Willett  •  D. Thomas Ferraro  •  Jacqueline Marshall Rateau  •  Bernardo Velasco  •  James F. Metcalf  •  Eric J. Markovich  •  Bruce G. Macdonald  •  Leslie A. Bowman  •  Alison Bachus  •  John Z. Boyle  •  Deborah Fine  •  Lynnette Kimmins  •  Camille Bibles  •  Michael Morrissey (Arizona)  •  Maria Aguilera  •
Former Article III judges	William Henry Sawtelle  •  Richard Elihu Sloan  •  Fred Clinton Jacobs  •  John Roll  •  Robert Broomfield  •  Earl Carroll  •  Mary Murguia  •  Albert Morris Sames  •  David Ling  •  Richard Bilby  •  William Browning  •  William Copple  •  Valdemar Cordova  •  Walter Craig  •  Arthur Davis  •  William Frey  •  Charles Muecke  •  Mary Richey  •  Howard Speakman  •  Charles Hardy (Arizona)  •  Alfredo Marquez  •  James A. Walsh  •
Former Chief judges	John Roll  •  Robert Broomfield  •  Stephen McNamee  •  Roslyn Silver  •  Richard Bilby  •  William Browning  •  Walter Craig  •  Charles Muecke  •  James A. Walsh  •

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1977	Ballantine •Bownes •Boyle •Bua •Carr •Clark •Cowan •Daly •Filippine •Higginbotham •Hoeveler •Hug •Johnstone •Kane •Keith •Leval •Logan •MacLaughlin •McKay •Melton •Merritt •Murphy •Nickerson •Oberdorfer •Roszkowski •Roy •Rubin •Sifton •Tang •Vance •Veron
1978	Arnold •Baker •Boyle •Burns •Campos •Claiborne •Collins •Cook •Devine •Diamond •Duplantier •Edenfield •Friedman •Gonzalez •Greene •Jenkins •Lowe •Mazzone •McMillian •O'Brien •Pfaelzer •Phillips •Pollak •Sand •Shapiro •Simmons •Smith •Sweet •Tanner •Wiseman •Ziegler
1979	Ackerman •Alarcon •Anderson •Arceneaux •Arnold •Aspen •Beatty •Beer •Belew •Bertelsman •Bilby •N. Black •S. Black •Bloch •Bowen •Brett •Brooks •Brown •Buchmeyer •Bunton •Burciaga •Cabranes •Carr •Carrigan •Castagna •Cire •Clark •Cohn •Conaboy •Cordova •Crabb •Cudahy •Davis •DeAnda •Debevoise •Edwards •Eginton •Ellison •Enslen •O. Evans •T. Evans •Farris •Ferguson •Fletcher •Frye •Garcia •Garza •B. Gibson •H. Gibson •Gierbolini-Ortiz •Giles •Gilliam •Green •Hall •Hastings •Hatchett •Hatfield •Hatter •Hawkins •Henderson •Higby •Hillman •Houck •Howard •Hudspeth •Hungate •F. Johnson •S. Johnson •N. Jones •S. Jones •Karlton •Kazen •Kearse •Keeton •Kehoe •Kennedy •Kidd •King •Kravitch •Loughlin •Martin •McCurn •McDonald •McNaught •McNichols •Mikva •Mitchell •Moran •Murnaghan •Murphy •D. Nelson •D.W. Nelson •Newblatt •Newman •Overton •Paine •Panner •J. Parker •R. Parker •Penn •Perez-Gimenez •Perry •Politz •Poole •Porter •Pregerson •Price •Rambo •Ramirez •Reavley •Redden •E. Reed •S. Reed •Reinhardt •Renner •Robinson •Rothstein •Sachs •Saffels •Sanders •Sarokin •Schroeder •Schwartz •Seay •Senter •Seymour •Shannon •Shaw •Shoob •Skopil •Sloviter •Sofaer •Spellman •Sprouse •Staker •Tate •Taylor •Thompson •Tidwell •Unthank •Vietor •Vining •Wald •Ward •Weinshienk •West •Wicker •Williams •Winder •Woods •Wright • Zobel
1980	Aguilar •Aldrich •Anderson •Boochever •Breyer •Britt •Cahill •Canby •Carroll •Cerezo •Clemon •S. Ervin •R. Erwin •Getzendanner •Gilmore •Ginsburg •Haltom •Hardy •Henderson •Hobbs •Holschuh •Horton •Howard •Johnson •Keep •Kelly •Kenyon •Kocoras •Marquez •Marshall •Michael •Nixon •Norris •Patel •Polozola •Propst •Quackenbush •Ramsey •Rice •Shadur •Spiegel •Tashima •Thompson •Vela •White •Williams
1981	Heen