Frederick J. Martone

Frederick James Martone
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona
Incumbent
Assumed office January 30, 2013
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona
In office December 21, 2001 – January 30, 2013
Appointed by	George W. Bush
Preceded by	Roger Gordon Strand
Succeeded by	Douglas L. Rayes
Justice of the Supreme Court of Arizona
In office 1992–2001
Appointed by	Fife Symington III
Preceded by	James Duke Cameron
Succeeded by	Rebecca White Berch
Judge of the Superior Court of Arizona
In office 1985–1992
Personal details
Born	Frederick James Martone 1943 (age 74–75) Fall River, Massachusetts
Political party	Republican[1]
Education	College of the Holy Cross (B.S.) Notre Dame Law School (J.D.) Harvard Law School (LL.M.)

Frederick James Martone (born 1943) is a Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona.

Early life and education

Born in Fall River, Massachusetts, Martone received a Bachelor of Science from College of the Holy Cross in 1965 and was in the United States Air Force from 1965 to 1969. He then received a Juris Doctor from the Notre Dame Law School in 1972 and a Master of Laws from Harvard Law School in 1975. He was a law clerk to Edward F. Hennessey of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts from 1972 to 1973.

Career

Martone was in private practice in Phoenix, Arizona from 1973 to 1985, during which time he was a staff attorney to the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts from 1974 to 1975.

Judicial service

Martone was a judge on the Superior Court of Arizona from 1985 to 1992, and a Justice of the Supreme Court of Arizona from 1992 to 2001.

On September 10, 2001, Martone was nominated by President George W. Bush to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Arizona vacated by Roger Gordon Strand. Martone was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 13, 2001, and received his commission on December 21, 2001. He took senior status on January 30, 2013.

References

Sources

• Frederick J. Martone at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.