Rhesa Hawkins Barksdale

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Rhesa Hawkins Barksdale
Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Assumed office
August 8, 2009
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
In office
March 12, 1990 –August 8, 2009
Appointed by George H. W. Bush
Preceded by Alvin Benjamin Rubin
Succeeded by James E. Graves Jr.
Personal details
Born
Rhesa Hawkins Barksdale

(1944-08-08) August 8, 1944 (age 74)
Jackson, Mississippi
Residence Jackson, Mississippi
Education United States Military Academy (B.S.)
University of Mississippi Law School (J.D.)

Rhesa Hawkins Barksdale (born August 8, 1944) is a Senior United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

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Born in Jackson, Mississippi, Barksdale received a Bachelor of Science degree from United States Military Academy at West Point in 1966. He was in the United States Army from 1966 to 1970, serving in the Vietnam War, and afterwards returned to studies. In 1972, he received a Juris Doctor from the University of Mississippi Law School, where he graduated first in his class and was a member of the Mississippi Alpha chapter of the Phi Delta Theta men's fraternity. He was a law clerk for United States Supreme Court Associate Justice Byron White from 1972 to 1973. [1]

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Career

Barksdale entered the private practice of law, as an attorney for the firm of Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens and Cannada in Jackson from 1973 to 1990. During this time, he was an instructor in constitutional law for the University of Mississippi Law School Paralegal Course in 1975 and 1976, and an instructor in the Mississippi College School of Law in 1976. He was a Chairman, Mississippi Vietnam Veterans Leadership Program from 1982 to 1985. [1]

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Federal judicial service

On November 17, 1989, President George H. W. Bush nominated Barksdale to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit vacated by Judge Alvin Benjamin Rubin. Barksdale was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 9, 1990, and received his commission on March 12, 1990. Barksdale took senior status on August 8, 2009. [1]

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Alvin Benjamin Rubin was a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and previously a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.

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Personal

A resident of Jackson, Mississippi, Barksdale is the brother of former Netscape Communications Corporation CEO Jim Barksdale.

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Notes

  1. 1 2 3 "Barksdale, Rhesa Hawkins - Federal Judicial Center". www.fjc.gov.

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Preceded by
Alvin Benjamin Rubin 		Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
1990–2009		Succeeded by
James E. Graves Jr.
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