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Wade Brorby
Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Assumed office
May 25, 2001
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
In office
February 17, 1988 – May 25, 2001
Appointed byRonald Reagan
Preceded byJames Emmett Barrett
Succeeded byTerrence L. O'Brien
Personal details
Born
Wade Brorby

1934 (age 89–90)
Omaha, Nebraska
EducationUniversity of Wyoming (B.S.)
University of Wyoming College of Law (J.D.)

Wade Brorby (born 1934) is an inactive Senior United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.

Education and career

Born in Omaha, Nebraska, Brorby received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Wyoming in 1956 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Wyoming College of Law in 1958. He was in the United States Air Force from 1958 to 1961. He was in private practice in Gillette, Wyoming from 1961 to 1988, serving as a county and prosecuting attorney of Campbell County, Wyoming from 1963 to 1970.[1]

Federal judicial service

On August 7, 1987, Brorby was nominated by President Ronald Reagan to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit vacated by Judge James Emmett Barrett. Brorby was confirmed by the United States Senate on February 16, 1988, and received his commission on February 17, 1988. He assumed senior status on May 25, 2001.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Brorby, Wade - Federal Judicial Center". www.fjc.gov.

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Legal offices
Preceded by Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
1988–2001
Succeeded by