Edward Willis Nottingham Jr. | |
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Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado | |
In office 2007–2008 | |
Preceded by | Lewis Babcock |
Succeeded by | Wiley Young Daniel |
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado | |
In office November 27,1989 –October 29,2008 | |
Appointed by | George H. W. Bush |
Preceded by | Seat established by 98 Stat. 333 |
Succeeded by | William J. Martínez |
Personal details | |
Born | Edward Willis Nottingham Jr. 1948 (age 75–76) Denver,Colorado |
Education | Cornell University (AB) University of Colorado Law School (JD) |
Edward Willis Nottingham Jr. (born 1948) is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado,having served in that office from November 24,1989,until his resignation on October 21,2008,after a year of scandal.
Born in Denver,Colorado, [1] Nottingham was raised in Eagle County,Colorado. [2] [3] He received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from Cornell University in 1969,and a Juris Doctor from the University of Colorado School of Law in 1972. [3] Prior to his appointment as a judge,Nottingham was a local coordinator for Bush's 1988 presidential campaign. From 1972 to 1973,he was a law clerk of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado for Chief United States District Judge Alfred A. Arraj. [2] Before becoming a judge,he spent a decade and a half in private practice in Grand Junction,Colorado,interrupted by a two-year stint as an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Colorado from 1976 to 1978. [1] [3]
Nottingham was nominated to the United States District Court for the District of Colorado by President George H. W. Bush on October 20,1989, [4] to a new seat created by 98 Stat. 333. [1] After a brief delay brought on by Senate efforts to block some Bush appointees,Nottingham was confirmed on by the United States Senate on November 21,1989,and received his commission on November 27,1989. [1] [5]
During his nineteen-year tenure,Nottingham oversaw a number of high-profile cases,such as a copyright infringement case involving Michael Jackson, [6] a ruling barring the State of Colorado from withholding public funds for abortion, [7] a ruling invalidating a law creating a federal "no-call list" for telemarketers [8] which was ultimately overturned, [9] and the prosecution of former Qwest CEO Joe Nacchio for insider trading. [10]
Although Nottingham's talent as a jurist was never in serious dispute,the consistency of his work and his judicial temperament were matters of widespread concern. On the one hand,The Denver Post reported that Nottingham had a reputation for judicial efficiency,and as "one of the best legal minds on the bench". [2] He received both notoriety and admiration for dressing down witnesses, [2] demanding professionalism from attorneys, [11] and punishing lawyers who brought what he judged to be frivolous cases by scheduling them for hearings at 6 AM. [12]
In August 2007,a complaint of judicial misconduct was filed against him with the Tenth Circuit and an investigation started that included two hearings over the course of a year;the complaint concerned allegations that he had spent thousands of dollars at a strip club. [13] [14] Over the course of the year,he was also named as a figure in an investigation into a prostitution ring,in which a prostitute said that he had asked her to mislead investigators. [15] [16] He resigned from the bench on October 21,2008, [15] and the misconduct charges were dismissed,as he was no longer a judge. [17]
After leaving the bench,Nottingham opened a private law practice in Colorado. [18]
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