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Edward Reed

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Edward Reed

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Nonpartisan

Prior offices

United States District Court for the District of Nevada

Education

Personal

Edward Cornelius Reed, Jr. was an Article III federal judge for the United States District Court for the District of Nevada. He joined the court in 1979 after being nominated by President Jimmy Carter. After taking senior status in 1992, he worked until September 2012. Judge Edward Reed died in June of 2013, at the age of 88.[1][2]

Early life and education

Reed was born in Nevada and graduated from the University of Nevada with his bachelor's degree in 1949. From 1943 to 1946, Reed served on active duty in the United States Army. Reed received his J.D. degree from Harvard Law School in 1952.[1]

Professional career

Reed was a tax attorney for Arthur Andersen & Co. in Boston, Massachusetts from 1952 to 1953 before entering private practice in Nevada from 1953 to 1979. Reed served as Special Deputy State Attorney General in the Water Rights Litigation division for the State of Nevada from 1967 to 1979.[1]

Judicial nominations and appointments

District of Nevada

Reed was nominated to the United States District Court for the District of Nevada by President Jimmy Carter on April 12, 1979 to a new seat created by 92 Stat. 1629, which was approved by Congress. Reed was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on September 25, 1979 on a Senate vote and received commission on September 26, 1979. Reed served as the Chief Judge of the Court from 1986 to 1992. He then assumed senior status on July 15, 1992.[1]

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Political offices
Preceded by:
NA-New Seat 		District of Nevada
1979–1992
Seat #3 		Succeeded by:
David Hagen

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Federal judges who have served the United States District Court for the District of Nevada
Active judges

Chief Judge: Miranda Du   •  Gloria M. Navarro  •  Jennifer Dorsey  •  Andrew Gordon (Nevada)  •  Richard Franklin Boulware II  •  Anne Traum  •  Cristina Silva

Senior judges

Roger Hunt (Nevada)  •  Kent Dawson  •  James Mahan (Nevada)  •  Robert C. Jones (Nevada federal district court judge)  •  Howard McKibben  •  

Magistrate judges Cam Ferenbach  •  Nancy J. Koppe  •  Brenda Weksler  •  Elayna Youchah  •  Daniel Albregts  •  Carla Baldwin  •  
Former Article III judges

Alexander White Baldwin  •  Edgar Winters Hillyer  •  George Myron Sabin  •  Thomas Porter Hawley  •  Edward Silsby Farrington  •  Lloyd George  •  Larry Hicks (Nevada)  •  Edward Reed  •  Frank Herbert Norcross  •  Johnnie Rawlinson  •  Harry Claiborne  •  Roger Foley  •  Roger T. Foley  •  David Hagen (Nevada)  •  Bruce Thompson (Nevada)  •  John Rolly Ross  •  Philip Pro  •  Brian Sandoval  •  

Former Chief judges

Roger Hunt (Nevada)  •  Lloyd George  •  Edward Reed  •  Howard McKibben  •  Harry Claiborne  •  Roger Foley  •  Roger T. Foley  •  John Rolly Ross  •  Philip Pro  •  

Jimmy Carter

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Federal judges nominated by Jimmy Carter
1977

Ballantine • Bownes • Boyle • Bua • Carr • Clark • Cowan • Daly • Filippine • Higginbotham • Hoeveler • Hug • Johnstone • Kane • Keith • Leval • Logan • MacLaughlin • McKay • Melton • Merritt • Murphy • Nickerson • Oberdorfer • Roszkowski • Roy • Rubin • Sifton • Tang • Vance • Veron

1978

Arnold • Baker • Boyle • Burns • Campos • Claiborne • Collins • Cook • Devine • Diamond • Duplantier • Edenfield • Friedman • Gonzalez • Greene • Jenkins • Lowe • Mazzone • McMillian • O'Brien • Pfaelzer • Phillips • Pollak • Sand • Shapiro • Simmons • Smith • Sweet • Tanner • Wiseman • Ziegler

1979

Ackerman • Alarcon • Anderson • Arceneaux • Arnold • Aspen • Beatty • Beer • Belew • Bertelsman • Bilby • N. Black • S. Black • Bloch • Bowen • Brett • Brooks • Brown • Buchmeyer • Bunton • Burciaga • Cabranes • Carr • Carrigan • Castagna • Cire • Clark • Cohn • Conaboy • Cordova • Crabb • Cudahy • Davis • DeAnda • Debevoise • Edwards • Eginton • Ellison • Enslen • O. Evans • T. Evans • Farris • Ferguson • Fletcher • Frye • Garcia • Garza • B. Gibson • H. Gibson • Gierbolini-Ortiz • Giles • Gilliam • Green • Hall • Hastings • Hatchett • Hatfield • Hatter • Hawkins • Henderson • Higby • Hillman • Houck • Howard • Hudspeth • Hungate • F. Johnson • S. Johnson • N. Jones • S. Jones • Karlton • Kazen • Kearse • Keeton • Kehoe • Kennedy • Kidd • King • Kravitch • Loughlin • Martin • McCurn • McDonald • McNaught • McNichols • Mikva • Mitchell • Moran • Murnaghan • Murphy • D. Nelson • D.W. Nelson • Newblatt • Newman • Overton • Paine • Panner • J. Parker • R. Parker • Penn • Perez-Gimenez • Perry • Politz • Poole • Porter • Pregerson • Price • Rambo • Ramirez • Reavley • Redden • E. Reed • S. Reed • Reinhardt • Renner • Robinson • Rothstein • Sachs • Saffels • Sanders • Sarokin • Schroeder • Schwartz • Seay • Senter • Seymour • Shannon • Shaw • Shoob • Skopil • Sloviter • Sofaer • Spellman • Sprouse • Staker • Tate • Taylor • Thompson • Tidwell • Unthank • Vietor • Vining • Wald • Ward • Weinshienk • West • Wicker • Williams • Winder • Woods • Wright •

Zobel
1980

Aguilar • Aldrich • Anderson • Boochever • Breyer • Britt • Cahill • Canby • Carroll • Cerezo • Clemon • S. Ervin • R. Erwin • Getzendanner • Gilmore • Ginsburg • Haltom • Hardy • Henderson • Hobbs • Holschuh • Horton • Howard • Johnson • Keep • Kelly • Kenyon • Kocoras • Marquez • Marshall • Michael • Nixon • Norris • Patel • Polozola • Propst • Quackenbush • Ramsey • Rice • Shadur • Spiegel • Tashima • Thompson • Vela • White • Williams

1981

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