Lee West
Lee Roy West was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma. He joined the court in 1979 after being nominated by President Jimmy Carter (D). West assumed senior status on November 26, 1994. His service ended on April 24, 2020, due to death. From 1993 to 1994, West served as the chief judge of the district court.
Early life and education
A native of Clayton, Oklahoma, West graduated from the University of Oklahoma with both his bachelor's degree in 1952 and his J.D. in 1956. In 1963, West earned his LL.M. from Harvard Law School.[1]
Military service
From 1952 to 1954, West served as a lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He later served in the U.S Marine Corps Reserve from 1954 to 1956.[1]
Professional career
- 1979-2020: United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma
- 1994-2020: Senior judge
- 1993-1994: Chief judge
- 1979-1993: Judge
- 1978-1979: Private practice, Tulsa, Okla.
- 1973-1978: Member, Civil Aeronautics Board
- 1965-1973: Judge, Oklahoma District 22
- 1965-1973: Special justice, Oklahoma Supreme Court and Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals
- 1963-1965: Private practice, Ada, Okla.
- 1962-1963: Ford Foundation fellow in law teaching, Harvard Law School
- 1961-1962: Faculty, University of Oklahoma College of Law
- 1956-1961: Private practice, Ada, Okla.[1]
Judicial career
Western District of Oklahoma
West was nominated by President Jimmy Carter (D) on September 28, 1979, to a new judgeship created by 92 Stat. 1629. West was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on October 31, 1979, and he received his commission on November 2, 1979. West served as the chief judge of the district court from 1993 to 1994. He elected to take senior status beginning on November 26, 1994. His service ended on April 24, 2020, when he died.[1] West was succeeded in this position by Judge Vicki Miles-LaGrange.
See also
- United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma
- United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit
External links
Footnotes
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: NA-New Seat 92 Stat. 1629 |
Western District of Oklahoma 1979–1994 Seat #5 |
Succeeded by: Vicki Miles-LaGrange
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| 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 | |||
Federal courts:
Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of Oklahoma, Northern District of Oklahoma, Western District of Oklahoma • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of Oklahoma, Northern District of Oklahoma, Western District of Oklahoma
State courts:
Oklahoma Supreme Court • Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals • Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals • Oklahoma District Courts • Oklahoma Workers' Compensation Court of Existing Claims
State resources:
Courts in Oklahoma • Oklahoma judicial elections • Judicial selection in Oklahoma