Sherrill Halbert

Sherrill Halbert (October 17, 1901 – May 31, 1991) was a United States federal judge.

Born in Terra Bella, California, Halbert received an A.B. from the University of California, Berkeley in 1924 and a J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law in 1927. He was in private practice in Porterville, California from 1927 to 1941. He was a Chief deputy district attorney of County of Tulare, California from 1927 to 1936. He was a Deputy state attorney general of California in 1942. He was in private practice in San Francisco, California from 1942 to 1944. He was in private practice in Modesto, California from 1944 to 1949. He was a Chief deputy district attorney of County of Stanislaus, California from 1944 to 1949. He was a District attorney of County of Stanislaus, California in 1949. He was a judge on the Superior Court of California from 1949 to 1954.

Halbert was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Halbert was nominated by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on August 19, 1954, to a seat vacated by Dal M. Lemmon. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on August 20, 1954, and received his commission on August 26, 1954. Halbert served in that capacity until September 18, 1966, due to assignment to another court.

Halbert was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. He was reassigned on September 18, 1966; Assumed senior status on September 30, 1969. Halbert served in that capacity until May 31, 1991, due to his death.

He died in San Rafael, California.

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