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American judge (born 1946)
Roslyn O. Silver
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona
Incumbent
Assumed office
September 3, 2013
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona
In office
January 2011 – September 2013
Preceded byJohn Roll
Succeeded byRaner C. Collins
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona
In office
October 11, 1994 – September 3, 2013
Appointed byBill Clinton
Preceded byEarl H. Carroll
Succeeded byJohn J. Tuchi
Personal details
BornRoslyn Elaine Olson
(1946-02-28) February 28, 1946 (age 78)
Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
EducationUniversity of California, Santa Barbara (BA)
Arizona State University (JD)

Roslyn Elaine Olson Silver (born February 28, 1946) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. She served as a Chief Judge for the district from 2011 to 2013.

Early life and education

She was born Roslyn Elaine Olson in Phoenix, Arizona in 1946. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California at Santa Barbara in 1968 and a Juris Doctor from Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University in 1971.

Career

Silver was a law clerk for Justice Lorna Lockwood of the Supreme Court of Arizona from 1971 to 1972. She was in private practice in Phoenix from 1972 to 1974. Silver then served as an adviser and litigator for the Education Division of the Navajo Nation's Native American Rights Fund from 1974 to 1976. She was an in house labor counsel for the Greyhound Corporation from 1976 to 1978. Silver returned to private practice in Phoenix in 1978 before becoming a trial attorney for the Equal Opportunity Commission in 1979. She was an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Arizona from 1980 to 1984. Silver became an assistant Arizona attorney general in 1984 and served until she returned to the United States Attorney's office in 1986. In 1989, she was promoted to Chief of the criminal division.

Federal judicial service

Silver was nominated by President Bill Clinton on September 14, 1994, to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Arizona vacated by Earl H. Carroll. She was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 7, 1994, and received her commission on October 11, 1994. She took senior status on September 3, 2013. Silver became Chief Judge in January 2011 after the shooting death of previous Chief Judge John Roll during the 2011 assassination attempt of Congresswoman Gabby Giffords, serving until she took senior status. She was appointed to the court under the name of Roslyn O. Moore-Silver.

Awards and recognition

In 2013 Judge Silver was recognized, for outstanding service to Veterans’ Program, Arizona Army National Guard, Arizona Coalition for Military Families, and Arizona Veterans Magazine, and for outstanding achievement, Federal Bar Association, Phoenix Chapter

References

  1. Hearings before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Third Congress, Second Session, on Confirmations of Appointees to the Federal Judiciary, September 28; October 4 and 6, 1994. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1996. p. 314.
  2. ^ "Silver, Roslyn O. - Federal Judicial Center".
  3. Markon, Jerry (January 17, 2011). "Federal court authorities plan to move trial of Tucson shooting suspect". The Washington Post. Retrieved January 18, 2011.
  4. United States Courts for the Ninth Circuit 2013 Annual Report Archived 2016-12-27 at the Wayback Machine

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Preceded byEarl H. Carroll Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona
1994–2013 		Succeeded byJohn J. Tuchi
Preceded byJohn Roll Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona
2011–2013 		Succeeded byRaner C. Collins
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