W. Craig Broadwater

Nonpartisan

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia

Years in office: 1996 - 2006

Education

Bachelor's

West Virginia University, 1972

Law

West Virginia University College of Law, 1977

Personal

Birthplace

Elk City, OK

W. Craig Broadwater (1950-2006) was afederal judge on theUnited States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia.^[1]

Broadwater was nominated by PresidentBill Clinton on January 26, 1996, to a seat vacated byRobert Maxwell; he was confirmed by the Senate on July 12, 1996, and received commission onJuly 26. He served until his death onDecember 18, 2006.^[1]

Early life and education

• West Virginia University, B.A., 1972
• West Virginia University College of Law, J.D., 1977^[1]

Professional career

• U.S. Army Lieutenant, 1972-1982
• Private practice, Wheeling, West Virginia, 1977-1983
• Hearing examiner, West Virginia Worker's Compensation Fund, 1978-1981
• Special prosecuting attorney, Ohio County, West Virginia, 1982-1983
• Circuit court judge, First Judicial Circuit, West Virginia, 1983-1996^[1]

Judicial career

Northern District of West Virginia

Broadwater was nominated by PresidentBill Clinton on January 26, 1996, to a seat vacated byRobert Maxwell; he was confirmed by the Senate on July 12, 1996, and received commission onJuly 26. He served until his death onDecember 18, 2006.^[1]

External links

• Judge Broadwater's Biography from theFederal Judicial Center

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia
Active judges	Chief Judge: Gina Marie Groh  •  John Bailey (West Virginia)  •  Thomas Kleeh
Senior judges	Frederick Stamp  •  Irene Keeley  •
Magistrate judges	Michael Aloi  •
Former Article III judges	John Jay Jackson  •  Alston Gordon Dayton  •  Robert Maxwell  •  William Eli Baker  •  Harry Watkins  •  Herbert Boreman  •  W. Craig Broadwater  •  Sidney Christie  •  Charles Haden II  •  William Kidd  •  Charles Paul  •
Former Chief judges	John Bailey (West Virginia)  •  Robert Maxwell  •  Frederick Stamp  •  Irene Keeley  •  William Eli Baker  •  Harry Watkins  •  Charles Paul  •

v • e Federal judges nominated byBill Clinton
1993	Adams •Ambrose •Barnes •Brinkema •Bucklew •Chasanow •Coffman •Daughtrey •Ferguson •Ginsburg •Hagen •Jackson •Lancaster •Leval •Lindsay •Messitte •Michael •Piersol •Saris •Schwartz •Seybert •Shanahan •Shaw •Stearns •Trager •Vazquez •Wilken •Wilson
1994	Baer •Barkett •Batts •Beaty •Benavides •Bennett •Berrigan •Biery •Block •Borman •Breyer •Briones •Bryson •Bucklo •Burgess •Burrage •Cabranes •Calabresi •Carr •Casellas •Castillo •Chatigny •Chin •Cindrich •Coar •Collins •Cooper •Cote •Currie •Davis •Dominguez •Downes •Duval •Friedman •Furgeson •Garcia •Gertner •Gettleman •Gillmor •Gilmore •Gleeson •Haggerty •Hamilton •Hannah •Hawkins •Henry •Holmes •Hood •Hull •Hurley •Jack •Jones •Jones •Kaplan •Katz •Kern •Kessler •Koeltl •Lisi •Manning •McKee •McLaughlin •Melancon •Miles-LaGrange •Moore •Motz •Murphy •O'Malley •O'Meara •Oliver •Paez •B. Parker •F. Parker •R. Parker •Perry •Ponsor •Pooler •Porteous •Rendell • Riley •Robertson •Rogers •Ross •Russell •Sands •Sarokin •Scheindlin •Silver •Squatrito •Stewart •Sullivan •Tatel •Thompson •Timlin •Urbina •Vanaskie •Vance •Walls •Wells •Williams
1995	Arterton •Atlas •Black •Blake •Briscoe •Tena Campbell •Todd Campbell •Chesney •Cole •Collier •Daniel •Davis •Dennis •Dlott •Donald •Duffy •Economus •Evans •Fallon •Folsom •Gaughan •Goodwin •Heartfield •Hunt •Illston •Jones •King •Kornmann •Lawson •Lenard •Lucero •Lynch •McKinley •Moody •Moore •Moskowitz •Murphy •Murtha •Nugent •O'Toole •Orlofsky •Pogue •Sessions •C. Smith •O. Smith •Stein •Thornburg •Tunheim •Wallach •Wardlaw •Webber •Whaley •Winmill • Wood
1996	Broadwater •Clevert •Fenner •Gershon •Gottschall •Greenaway •Hinkle •Jones •Kahn •Laughrey •Lemmon •Marten •Miller •Molloy •Montgomery •Pregerson •Rakoff •Sargus •Tashima •Thomas •Zapata
1997	Adelman •Bataillon •Breyer •Caputo •Casey •Chambers •Clay •Damrell •Droney •Friedman •Gajarsa •Garland •Gilman •Gold •Gwin •Hall •Hayden •Hull •Ishii •Jenkins •Kauffman •Kennedy •Kimball •Kollar-Kotelly •Lazzara •Marbley •Marcus •Middlebrooks •Miller •Moon •Pratt •Rendell •Sippel •Siragusa •Snyder •Thrash
1998	Aiken •Barbier •Barzilay •Berman •Buttram •Carter •Collins •Dawson •Dimitrouleas •Fletcher •Fogel •Frank •Graber •Hellerstein •Herndon •James •Johnson •Kane •Kelly •G. King •R. King •Lasnik •Lee •Lemelle •Lindsay •Lipez •Manella •Matz •McCuskey •McKeown •McMahon •Mickle •Mollway •Mordue •Moreno •Morrow •Munley •Murphy •Pallmeyer •Pauley •Polster •Pooler •Rawlinson •Ridgway •R. Roberts •V. Roberts •Sack •Scott •Seitz •Seymour •Shea •Silverman •Sleet •Sotomayor •Steeh •Story •Straub •Tagle •Tarnow •Trauger •Traxler •Tyson •Wardlaw •Whelan •Young
1999	Alsup •Barry •Brown •Buchwald •Cooper •Eaton •Ellison •Feess •Fisher •Gould •Guzman •Haynes •Hibbler •Hochberg •Hurd •Huvelle •Jordan •Katzmann •Kennelly •Linn •Lorenz •Lynn •Marrero •Murguia •Pannell •Pechman •Pepper •Phillips •Schreier •Stewart •Underhill •Ward •Williams •Wilson
2000	Ambro •Antoon •Battani •Berzon •Bolton •Brady •Bye •Cavanaugh •Daniels •Darrah •Dawson •Dyk •Fuentes •Garaufis •Garcia-Gregory •Hamilton •Huck •Hunt •Lawson •Lefkow •Lynch •Martin •McLaughlin •Moody •Murguia •Paez •Pisano •Presnell •Rawlinson •Reagan •Schiller •Singal •Steele •Surrick •Swain •Tallman •Teilborg •Tucker •Whittemore