James Augustine Walsh

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For the U.S. seaman and participant in the 1914 occupation of Veracruz, see James A. Walsh (Medal of Honor).

James Augustine Walsh (September 17, 1906 – May 2, 1991) was a United States federal judge.

Born in Westfield, Massachusetts, Walsh received an LL.B. from Georgetown University Law School in 1928. He was in private practice in Mesa, Arizona from 1928 to 1941, and was a city attorney for the City of Mesa from 1936 to 1940. He was an assistant U.S. Attorney of the District of Arizona in 1943. He was a county attorney of Maricopa County, Arizona from 1943 to 1944, and was a judge on the Superior Court of Maricopa County from 1945 to 1947. He returned to private practice in Phoenix, Arizona from 1947 to 1952, and was chief counsel to the Arizona Code Commission from 1951 to 1952.

On July 3, 1952, Walsh was nominated by President Harry S. Truman to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Arizona vacated by Howard C. Speakman. Walsh was confirmed by the United States Senate on July 5, 1952, and received his commission on July 7, 1952. He served as chief judge from 1961 to 1972, and assumed senior status on July 9, 1976. He served in that capacity until his death.

The James A. Walsh United States Courthouse in Tucson, Arizona was renamed in his honor in 1985.

Sources

James Augustine Walsh at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

v t e Chief Judges of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona

James Augustine Walsh Walter Early Craig Charles Andrew Muecke Richard Bilby William Docker Browning Robert C. Broomfield Stephen M. McNamee John Roll Roslyn O. Silver Raner C. Collins

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Name	Walsh, James Augustine
Alternative names
Short description	United States federal judge
Date of birth	September 17, 1906
Place of birth	Westfield, Massachusetts
Date of death	May 2, 1991
Place of death

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