Appointed by Ronald Reagan Succeeded by Howard D. McKibben Name Lloyd George | Preceded by None Preceded by Roger D. Foley | |
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Preceded by Edward Cornelius Reed Jr. Appointed by United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Appointed by United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Education University of California, Berkeley, Brigham Young University | ||
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Lloyd Dee George (born February 22, 1930) is a Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada.
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- Lloyd d george united states courthouse las vegas nevada
- Education and career
- Federal judicial service
- Religion and honors
- Awards and honors
- References
Education and career
Born in Montpelier, Idaho, George was raised in Las Vegas, Nevada, and was the class president of the 1948 class of Las Vegas High School. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from Brigham Young University in 1955 and, after serving in the United States Air Force from 1955 to 1958, received a Juris Doctor from the University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law in 1961. He was in private practice in Las Vegas from 1961 to 1974, and was also a justice of the peace for Clark County, Nevada from 1962 to 1969. He was United States Bankruptcy Judge for the District of Nevada from 1974 to 1984, serving on the Ninth Circuit United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panels from 1980 to 1984.
Federal judicial service
On April 18, 1984, George was nominated by President Ronald Reagan to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Nevada vacated by Judge Roger D. Foley. George was confirmed by the United States Senate on April 30, 1984, and received his commission on May 3, 1984. He served as Chief Judge from 1992 to 1997, and assumed senior status on December 1, 1997.
Religion and honors
George is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He served as a missionary in Wisconsin and Illinois for the Church. The Lloyd D. George Federal Courthouse in Las Vegas, Nevada is named in his honor as well as the State Bar of Nevada's Lloyd D. George Professionalism Award and the William S. Boyd School of Law's Judge Lloyd George Bankruptcy Moot Court Competition.