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William Horsley Orrick Jr.
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California · 1974
William Horsley Orrick Jr., Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
Education
- Yale UniversityB.A., 1937
- University of California, Berkeley, School of JurisprudenceLL.B., 1941
Career
Private practice, San Francisco, California, 1941-1942, 1946-1961, 1965-1974; U.S. Army, 1942-1946; Assistant attorney general, U.S. Department of Justice, 1961-1962, 1963-1965; Civil Division, 1961-1962; Antitrust Division, 1963-1965; Deputy undersecretary for administration, U.S. Department of State, 1962-1963
Biography
William Horsley Orrick Jr. (October 10, 1915 – August 14, 2003) was an American attorney and judge. He served as a United States district judge for United States District Court for the Northern District of California. From 1963 to 1965, he served as Assistant Attorney General for the Department of Justice Antitrust Division.
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