James Maxwell Moody | |
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Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas | |
In office October 1, 2008 –March 7, 2014 | |
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas | |
In office August 14,1995 –October 1,2008 | |
Appointed by | Bill Clinton |
Preceded by | Henry Woods |
Succeeded by | Kristine Baker |
Personal details | |
Born | James Maxwell Moody February 15,1940 [1] El Dorado,Arkansas,U.S. |
Spouse | Jo A. Cooper (died 1993) [1] |
Children | James Maxwell Moody Jr. |
Education | University of Arkansas (B.S.I.M.) University of Arkansas School of Law (J.D.) |
Military service | |
Branch/service | United States Army |
Years of service | 1962-1966 |
Rank | Second Lieutenant [1] |
Unit | 2nd Armored Division [1] |
James Maxwell Moody,Sr. (born February 15,1940) is a retired United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas.
Moody was born in El Dorado,Arkansas. He received a Bachelor of Science in Information Management degree from the University of Arkansas in 1962. He received a Juris Doctor from the University of Arkansas School of Law in 1964 and passed the Arkansas bar examination in the same year.
He received a commission as a second lieutenant in the United States Army in June 1962 upon graduation from college. [1] He served at Fort Sill,Oklahoma from September to November 1964,and then with the Second Armored Division from November 1964 to September 1966 at Fort Hood,Texas. [1]
In 1976,he taught constitutional law at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. [1] From 1980 to 1988,he served as a stockholder and later director of a catering company. [1]
He was in private practice in Little Rock,Arkansas in 1964 and from 1966 to 1995.
Moody was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas. He was nominated by President Bill Clinton on June 27,1995,to a seat vacated by Henry Woods. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on August 11,1995,and received his commission on August 14,1995. He assumed senior status on October 1,2008,and retired on March 7,2014.
His son,James M. Moody Jr.,serves as a judge on the same court. Moody had previously indicated he would retire from the court when his son was confirmed by the Senate. He later retired on March 7,2014. [2]
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