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Robert H. Whaley
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington
Incumbent
Assumed office
July 12, 2009
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington
In office
August 1, 2005 – July 12, 2009
Preceded byFrederick L. Van Sickle
Succeeded byLonny R. Suko
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington
In office
June 30, 1995 – July 12, 2009
Appointed byBill Clinton
Preceded byJustin L. Quackenbush
Succeeded byThomas O. Rice
Judge for the Spokane County Superior Court[1]
In office
November 1992 – June 1995[1]
Personal details
Born
Robert Hamilton Whaley[1]

(1943-04-05) April 5, 1943 (age 81)[1]
Huntington, West Virginia
SpouseLucinda S. Schilling[1]
EducationPrinceton University (A.B.)
Emory University School of Law (J.D.)

Robert Hamilton Whaley (born April 5, 1943) is a Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington.

Early life and education

Born in Huntington, West Virginia, Whaley received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from Princeton University in 1965, and a Juris Doctor from Emory University School of Law in 1968. Robert H Whaley is the son of William Whaley, an FBI agent during World War II and Carolyn Knox Whaley.

Career

Early career

He served as the associate director of the Princeton Summer Camp in Blairstown, New Jersey in the summer of 1965.[1] From 1965 to 1966, he worked as a sales clerk at the Sandy Springs Shopping Center in Atlanta, Georgia, bartended at Moe's and Joe's Highland Avenue in Atlanta, coached the YMCA Youth League at Hammond Elementary School in Atlanta, and was real estate analyst for the Shell Oil Company in Atlanta.[1] In the summer of 1966, he was employed at the Intermountain Natural Gas Company in Boise, Idaho.[1] In the summers of 1967 and 1968, he served as the director of the Spirit Lake Girl Scout Camp in Toutle, Washington.[1]

Whaley was in the United States Marine Corps in 1968, and in private practice of law in Georgia from 1968 to 1969. He became a trial attorney for the Land and Natural Resources Division of the United States Department of Justice from 1969 to 1971, and then an Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington until 1972. He returned to private practice in Spokane, Washington from 1972 to 1992. Whaley also argued a case in front of the Supreme Court of the United States, Texaco Inc. v. Hasbrouck. The case was decided on June 14, 1990.

Judicial service

Whaley was a judge on the Superior Court of Spokane County, Washington from 1992 to 1995. On May 24, 1995, President Bill Clinton nominated Whaley to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington vacated by Justin L. Quackenbush. Whaley was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 30, 1995, and received his commission the same day. He became chief judge of the District in 2005. He assumed senior status on July 12, 2009.

Sources

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Confirmation hearings on federal appointments : hearings before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Fourth Congress, first session, on confirmation of appointees to the federal judiciary. pt. 1 (1996)
Legal offices
Preceded by Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington
1995–2009 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington
2005–2009 		Succeeded by
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