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Rhesa Barksdale

American judge (born 1944)

Field	Value
name	Rhesa Barksdale
office	Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
term_start	August 8, 2009
office1	Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
appointer1	George H. W. Bush
term_start1	March 12, 1990
term_end1	August 8, 2009
predecessor1	Alvin Benjamin Rubin
successor1	James E. Graves Jr.
birth_name	Rhesa Hawkins Barksdale
birth_date
birth_place	Jackson, Mississippi, U.S.
education	United States Military Academy (BS)
University of Mississippi (JD)

University of Mississippi (JD) Rhesa Hawkins Barksdale (born August 8, 1944) is a Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

Early life, education and legal training

Born in Jackson, Mississippi, Barksdale received a Bachelor of Science degree from United States Military Academy at West Point in 1966. He was in the United States Army from 1966 to 1970, serving in the Vietnam War, and afterwards returned to studies. In 1972, he received a Juris Doctor from the University of Mississippi Law School, where he graduated first in his class and was a member of the Mississippi Mayes Inn of the Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity. He was a law clerk for Justice Byron White of the United States Supreme Court from 1972 to 1973.

Career

Barksdale entered the private practice of law, as an attorney for the firm of Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens and Cannada in Jackson from 1973 to 1990. During this time, he was an instructor in constitutional law for the University of Mississippi Law School Paralegal Course in 1975 and 1976, and an instructor in the Mississippi College School of Law in 1976. He was a Chairman, Mississippi Vietnam Veterans Leadership Program from 1982 to 1985.

Federal judicial service

On November 17, 1989, President George H. W. Bush nominated Barksdale to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit vacated by Judge Alvin Benjamin Rubin. Barksdale was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 9, 1990, and received his commission on March 12, 1990. Barksdale took senior status on August 8, 2009.

Personal

A resident of Jackson, Mississippi, Barksdale is the brother of former Netscape Communications Corporation CEO Jim Barksdale.

Notes

References

FJC Bio --

References

"Barksdale, Rhesa Hawkins - Federal Judicial Center".

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