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Paul Hatfield
Paul Gerhart Hatfield was a federal judge for the United States District Court for the District of Montana. Hatfield was nominated by President Jimmy Carter on March 15, 1979. He assumed senior status on February 9, 1996. He served the District of Montana until his death on July 3, 2000.[1]
Education
Hatfield received his LL.B. from the University of Montana in 1955.[1]
Military service
Hatfield served in the United States Army from 1952 to 1953. He was a member of the 181st Signal Depot Company of Signal Corps.[1]
Professional career
- 1978: U.S. Senator from Montana
- 1977-1978: Chief Justice of the Montana Supreme Court
- 1961-1976: Judge, Montana 8th Judicial District Court
- 1959-1960: Chief deputy city attorney, Great Falls, Montana
- 1955-1960: Attorney in private practice[1]
Judicial career
District of Montana
Hatfield was nominated by President Jimmy Carter on March 15, 1979, to a seat vacated by Judge Russell Smith. Hatfield was confirmed by the Senate on May 9, 1979, and received commission the next day. From 1990 to 1996, he served as the chief judge of the court. Hatfield assumed senior status on February 9, 1996. He served the District of Montana until his death on July 3, 2000.[1] Hatfield was succeeded in this position by Judge Donald Molloy.
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Paul Hatfield Biography from the Federal Judicial Center
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Russell Smith |
District of Montana 1979–1996 Seat #1 |
Succeeded by: Donald Molloy
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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 | |||
