Diana E. Murphy

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Diana E. Murphy born in 1934, is a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

[edit] Career

She was nominated to that post by President Bill Clinton in 1994 and confirmed by the Senate. Prior to being elevated to the Court of Appeals she was a federal district judge for the District of Minnesota from 1979 to 1994, serving as chief judge from 1992 to 1994. While on the Court of Appeals she also served as Chair of the United States Sentencing Commission from 1999 to 2004.

She is the first and so far only woman to serve on the Eighth Circuit. In 1993 she was reputedly considered for the post of Attorney General of the United States, which later went to Janet Reno.

[edit] Education

Judge Murphy received her Bachelor of Arts and Juris Doctor from the University of Minnesota, where she was an editor on the Law Review.