Roslyn O. Silver

Roslyn O. Silver
Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for Arizona
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 2011
Preceded by John Roll
District Judge of the U.S. District Court for Arizona
In office
October 11, 1994 – January 2011
Appointed by Bill Clinton
Preceded by Earl H. Carroll
Personal details
Born Roslyn O. Moore
1946
Phoenix, Arizona
Alma mater University of California, Santa Barbara
Arizona State University College of Law

Roslyn O. Silver (born 1946) is a United States federal judge who has served on the United States District Court for the District of Arizona since 1994. Silver became Chief Judge for the district in 2011.

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Early life and education

She was born Roslyn O. Moore in Phoenix, Arizona in 1946. She received a B.A. from the University of California at Santa Barbara in 1968 and a J.D. from Arizona State University College of Law in 1971.[1]

Legal career

She was a law clerk for Justice Lorna Lockwood of the Supreme Court of Arizona from 1971 to 1972. She was in private practice in Phoenix, Arizona from 1972 to 1974. Silver then served as an adviser and litigator for the Education Division of the Navajo Nation's Native American Rights Fund from 1974 to 76. She was an in house labor counsel for the Greyhound Corporation from 1976 to 1978. Silver returned to private practice in Phoenix, Arizona in 1978 before becoming a trial attorney for the Equal Opportunity Commission in 1979. She was an assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona from 1980 to 1984. Silver became an assistant Arizona attorney general in 1984 and served until she returned to the U.S. Attorney's office in 1986. In 1989, she was promoted to Chief of the criminal division.[1]

Silver was nominated by President Bill Clinton on September 14, 1994, to a seat on the U.S. District Court for Arizona vacated by Earl H. Carroll. She was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 7, 1994, and received her commission on October 11, 1994.[1] Silver became Chief Judge in January 2011 after the shooting death of previous Chief Judge John Roll during the 2011 assassination attempt of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Silver, Roslyn O.". Biographical Directory of Federal Judges. Federal Judicial Center. http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=1681&cid=999&ctype=na. Retrieved March 5, 2009. 
  2. ^ Markon, Jerry (January 17, 2011). "Federal court authorities plan to move trial of Tucson shooting suspect". The Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/16/AR2011011604721.html. Retrieved January 18, 2011. 

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Preceded by
John Roll		 Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for Arizona
2011–present		 Succeeded by
incumbent