Harry F. Barnes
Harry Barnes | |
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Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas | |
In office November 22, 1993 – November 1, 2008 | |
Appointed by | Bill Clinton |
Preceded by | Morris S. Arnold |
Succeeded by | Susan Owens Hickey |
Personal details | |
Born |
1932 (age 83–84) Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. |
Alma mater |
United States Naval Academy University of Arkansas School of Law |
Military service | |
Allegiance |
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Service/branch | United States Marines |
Years of service | 1956–1961 |
Harry F. Barnes (born 1932) is a Senior United States federal judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas.
Born in Memphis, Tennessee, Barnes received a B.S. from United States Naval Academy in 1956 and was in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1956 to 1961. He received an LL.B. from the University of Arkansas School of Law in 1964, entering private practice in Camden, Arkansas from 1964 to 1982, initially as the law partner of future U. S. Representative, Arkansas Governor and U.S. Senator David Pryor. He was also in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve from 1964 to 1986. He was a municipal judge for Camden and Ouachita County, Arkansas from 1975 to 1982, and a Circuit judge, Thirteenth Judicial District, State of Arkansas from 1982 to 1993.
On October 27, 1993, Barnes was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a seat on the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas vacated by Morris Sheppard Arnold, whom Clinton had elevated to the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. Barnes was confirmed by the United States Senate on November 20, 1993, and received his commission on November 22, 1993. He assumed senior status on November 1, 2008.
Sources
- Harry F. Barnes at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
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Preceded by Morris S. Arnold |
Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas 1993–2008 |
Succeeded by Susan Owens Hickey |