Harold Lloyd Murphy

Harold Lloyd Murphy
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
Assumed office
March 31, 2017
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
In office
July 29, 1977  March 31, 2017
Appointed by Jimmy Carter
Preceded by James Clinkscales Hill
Succeeded by William McCrary Ray II
Personal details
Born Harold Lloyd Murphy
(1927-03-31) March 31, 1927
Haralson County, Georgia
Education University of Georgia School of Law (LL.B.)

Harold Lloyd Murphy (born March 31, 1927)[1] is a Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.

Education and career

Born in Haralson County, Georgia, Murphy was in the United States Navy towards the end of World War II, from 1945 to 1946. He received a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Georgia School of Law in 1949, and was then in private practice in Buchanan, Georgia until 1958, and in Buchanan and Tallapoosa, Georgia until 1971. He was a Georgia state representative from 1951 to 1961. He was an assistant state solicitor general of the Tallapoosa Judicial Circuit in 1956. He was a Superior Court judge for the Tallapoosa Judicial Circuit, Georgia from 1971 to 1977.[2]

Federal judicial service

On July 7, 1977, Murphy was nominated by President Jimmy Carter to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia vacated by James Clinkscales Hill. Murphy was confirmed by the United States Senate on July 28, 1977, and received his commission on July 29, 1977. He took senior status on March 31, 2017.[2]

References

  1. Biographical Directory of the Federal Judiciary. Lanham, Maryland: Bernan Press. 2001. p. 684. ISBN 0890592586.
  2. 1 2 Harold Lloyd Murphy at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Sources

Legal offices
Preceded by
James Clinkscales Hill
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
1977–2017
Succeeded by
William McCrary Ray II


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