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Robert Francis Peckham
Former judge · U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
Robert Francis Peckham served on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson and confirmed Oct 20, 1966. ABA rating: Qualified.
- Appointed by
- Lyndon B. Johnson
- Confirmed
- Oct 20, 1966
- ABA rating
- Qualified
- Born
- 1920
Appointments
- Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of CaliforniaLyndon B. Johnson · Oct 20, 1966 – Feb 16, 1993
Education
- Yale University
- Stanford UniversityA.B., 1941
- Stanford Law SchoolLL.B., 1945
Career
Private practice, Palo Alto and Sunnyvale, California, 1946-1948, 1953-1959; Assistant U.S. attorney, Northern District of California, 1948-1953; chief assistant, Criminal Division, 1952-1953; Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara, 1959-1966; presiding judge, 1961-1963, 1965-1966; Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 1987-1990
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