Orie Leon Phillips
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Orie Leon Phillips was a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit and the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico. He served on the Tenth Circuit from 1929 to 1974, and on the District of New Mexico from 1923 to 1929.[1]
Education
Phillips received a J.D. degree from University of Michigan Law School in 1908.[1]
Professional career
- 1920-1923: Member, New Mexico Senate
- 1917-1923: General attorney, St. Louis, Rocky Mt., and Pacific Company
- 1912-1916: Assistant district attorney, New Mexico Eighth Judicial District Court
- 1910-1923: Attorney in private practice[1]
Judicial career
Tenth Circuit
Phillips was nominated to the Tenth Circuit by President Herbert Hoover on April 18, 1929, to a new seat created by 45 Stat. 1346. He was confirmed by the Senate on April 29, 1929, and received commission that same day. From 1948 to 1956, he was the chief judge. On January 1, 1956, he assumed senior status. Phillips served on this court until his death on November 14, 1974.[1]
District of New Mexico
Phillips was nominated to the District of New Mexico by President Warren Harding on February 28, 1923, to a new seat created by 42 Stat. 837. He was confirmed by the Senate on March 3, 1923, and received commission that same day. Phillips served on this court until April 29, 1929, when he was appointed to the Tenth Circuit.[1]
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Orie Leon Phillips Biography from the Federal Judicial Center
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: NA-New Seat |
District of New Mexico 1923–1929 Seat #2T |
Succeeded by: ' |
| Preceded by: NA-New Seat |
Tenth Circuit 1929–1956 |
Succeeded by: '
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| 1921 |
Morris • Peters • Baker • Groner • Hoehling • Kennedy • Lewis • Luse • Mayer • McClintic • Miller • Morris • Peters • Ross • Taft • Waddill | ||
| 1922 |
Atwell • Barrett • Brewster • Butler • Campbell • Cliffe • Gibson • Goddard • Kenyon • Lindley • Lowell • Rose • Runyon • Schoonmaker • Scott • Sutherland • Symes • Wilkerson • Winslow | ||
| 1923 |
Bland • Bondy • Cant • Gore • Hatfield • Hickenlooper • Hicks • Inch • Jacobs • James • Jones • McGee • McKeehan • Patridge • Phillips • Reeves • Rudkin • Sanford • Simons • Soper • Webster | ||
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| 1929 |
Avis • Byers • Caffey • Coxe, Jr. • Galston • Gardner • Glenn • Hopkins • Lenroot • Littleton • McDermott • Phillips • Sparks • Watson • Wheat • Wilbur • Wilson • Williams • Woolsey • Wyman | ||
| 1930 |
Adkins • Bryant • Cosgrave • Cox • Hincks • Hughes • Hutcheson • Luhring • Nields • Patterson • Roberts • Sibley • Thompson • Whaley • Wheat | ||
| 1931 |
Barnes • Chesnut • Evans • Fee • Groner • Hincks • Hitz • Hollzer • Kennamer • Kennerly • Kincheloe • Knight • Letts • McMillan • Morton • Nordbye • O'Brien • O'Donoghue • Paul, Jr. • Proctor • Sames • Sanborn • Sawtelle • Soper • Strum • Underwood • Way | ||
| 1932 |
Briggle • Cardozo • Dallinger • Forman • Johnson • Joyce • McLellan • Simons • Welsh | ||
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: William Johnson (New Mexico) • James O. Browning • Kenneth John Gonzales • Kea Riggs • Matthew Garcia • Margaret Strickland • David Herrera Urias | ||
| Senior judges |
Martha Vazquez • Curtis Hansen • Christina Armijo • Robert Brack • Judith Herrera • | ||
| Magistrate judges | Carmen Garza • Kevin R. Sweazea • Jerry H. Ritter, Jr. • Gregory Wormuth • Stephan Vidmar • Gregory Fouratt • Laura Fashing • B. Paul Briones • John Robbenhaar • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
John Conway • James A. Parker • Bobby Baldock • William Hayes Pope • Colin Neblett • Orie Leon Phillips • Howard Bratton • Juan Burciaga • Santiago Campos • Carl Hatch • Edwin Mechem • Harry Payne • Waldo Rogers • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Martha Vazquez • John Conway • James A. Parker • Bruce Black • Howard Bratton • Juan Burciaga • Santiago Campos • Carl Hatch • Harry Payne • Waldo Rogers • | ||
