Harold Lloyd Murphy
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
In office
March 31, 2017 – December 28, 2022
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
In office
July 29, 1977 – March 31, 2017
Appointed byJimmy Carter
Preceded byJames Clinkscales Hill
Succeeded byWilliam M. Ray II
Judge for the Tallapoosa Judicial Circuit, Georgia
In office
1971–1977
Member of the Georgia House of Representatives from Haralson County[1]
In office
1951–1961
Succeeded byThomas B. Murphy[2]
Personal details
Born(1927-03-31)March 31, 1927
Haralson County, Georgia, U.S.
DiedDecember 28, 2022(2022-12-28) (aged 95)
Political partyDemocratic[1]
EducationUniversity of Georgia School of Law (LLB)
Military service
Branch/serviceUnited States Navy
Years of service1945–1946

Harold Lloyd Murphy (March 31, 1927 – December 28, 2022) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.

Education and career

Born in Haralson County, Georgia, on March 31, 1927,[3] Murphy was in the United States Navy towards the end of World War II, from 1945 to 1946. He received a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Georgia School of Law in 1949, and was then in private practice in Buchanan, Georgia, until 1958, and in Buchanan and Tallapoosa, Georgia, until 1971. He was a Georgia state representative from 1951 to 1961. He was an assistant state solicitor general of the Tallapoosa Judicial Circuit in 1956. He was a Superior Court judge for the Tallapoosa Judicial Circuit, Georgia from 1971 to 1977.[4]

Federal judicial service

On July 7, 1977, Murphy was nominated by President Jimmy Carter to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia vacated by James Clinkscales Hill. Murphy was confirmed by the United States Senate on July 28, 1977, and received his commission on July 29, 1977. He assumed senior status on March 31, 2017.[4]

Personal life and death

Murphy died on December 28, 2022, at the age of 95.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Georgia General Assembly Book (1959)". Archived from the original on October 25, 2019. Retrieved October 25, 2019.
  2. ^ Georgia General Assembly Book (1961–1962)
  3. ^ Biographical Directory of the Federal Judiciary. Lanham, Maryland: Bernan Press. 2001. p. 684. ISBN 0890592586.
  4. ^ a b Harold Lloyd Murphy at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
  5. ^ Bailey, John (December 28, 2022). "All that a judge should be: Community honors, remembers Judge Harold L. Murphy". Northwest Georgia News. Retrieved December 29, 2022.

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Legal offices Preceded byJames Clinkscales Hill Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia 1977–2017 Succeeded byWilliam McCrary Ray II


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