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Roslyn O. Silver

Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona · 1994

Roslyn O. Silver , Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. Roslyn Elaine Olson Silver (born February 28, 1946) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. She served as a Chief Judge for the district from 2011 to 2013.

Education

  • University of California, Santa BarbaraB.A., 1968
  • Arizona State University College of Law (now Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law)J.D., 1971

Career

Law clerk, Hon. Lorna Lockwood, Arizona Supreme Court, 1971-1972; Private practice, Phoenix, Arizona, 1972-1974, 1978-1979; Advisor and litigator, Education Division, Native American Rights Fund, Navajo Nation, 1974-76; In-house labor counsel, Greyhound Corporation, 1976-1978; Trial attorney, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 1979-1980; Assistant attorney general, State of Arizona, 1984-1986; Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Arizona, 1980-1984, 1986-1994; chief, Criminal Division, 1989-1994

Biography

Roslyn Elaine Olson Silver (born February 28, 1946) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. She served as a Chief Judge for the district from 2011 to 2013.

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