David G. Campbell
David Grant Campbell | |
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Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona | |
Assumed office July 31, 2018 | |
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona | |
In office July 15, 2003 – July 31, 2018 | |
Appointed by | George W. Bush |
Preceded by | Seat established by 116 Stat. 1758 |
Succeeded by | Michael T. Liburdi |
Personal details | |
Born | David Grant Campbell December 6, 1952 Salt Lake City, Utah |
Spouse(s) | Stacey Campbell |
Education | University of Utah (BS) S.J. Quinney College of Law (JD) |
Occupation | Federal Judge |
David Grant Campbell (born December 6, 1952) is a Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona.
Early life and education[]
Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, Campbell received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Utah in 1976 and a Juris Doctor from the S.J. Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah in 1979.[1]
Career[]
Campbell served as a law clerk to Judge J. Clifford Wallace, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit from 1979 to 1980, and to Associate Justice William H. Rehnquist, Supreme Court of the United States for the 1982 Term.[1] He worked in private practice in the interim year, and returned to private practice in 1982, working most notably at Osborn Maledon in Phoenix, Arizona.[2] Outside of formal legal practice, Campbell served as an adjunct professor of law at the Arizona State University College of Law, and as a visiting professor of law at Brigham Young University Law School,[1] where he was named professor of the year in 1990.[3]
Judicial service[]
Campbell is a federal judge on the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. Campbell was nominated by President George W. Bush on March 13, 2003, to a new seat created by 116 Stat. 1758.[1] He was confirmed by the United States Senate, by vote of 92-0, on July 8, 2003. He received his commission on July 15, 2003. Judge Campbell was a member of the from 2005 to 2011, and chaired the committee from 2011 to 2015,[4] while the Advisory Committee approved important changes to discovery-related rules that ultimately became effective in December 2015. From 2016 to 2020, Judge Campbell chaired the for the federal courts, which oversees the Civil, Criminal, Appellate, Bankruptcy, and Evidence advisory committees.[4] He assumed senior status on July 31, 2018.[1]
Judge Campbell has worked with the courts of Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, and other countries on judicial case management.[2]
He is a member of the American Law Institute[5] and a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation.[6]
Personal[]
Campbell is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). He served as a Mormon missionary in the England Birmingham Mission and has been a bishop in the LDS Church. Campbell and his wife Stacey are parents to 3 daughters and 2 sons.[3]
Sources[]
- David G. Campbell at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Campbell, David G. - Federal Judicial Center". www.fjc.gov.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "David G. Campbell". Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System (biography). University of Denver. Retrieved October 18, 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "LDS federal judges raising the bar". Church News. November 6, 2004. Retrieved October 18, 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Agenda Books". Committee on Rules and Practice and Procedure and the Advisory Committees. Administrative Office of the United States Courts. Retrieved October 18, 2020.
- ^ "Elected Member: The Hon. David G. Campbell". American Law Institute. Retrieved October 18, 2020.
- ^ "Search results - American Bar Foundation". American Bar Foundation. Retrieved October 18, 2020.
- 1952 births
- Living people
- Judges of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona
- Law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States
- University of Utah alumni
- S.J. Quinney College of Law alumni
- Brigham Young University faculty
- American leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- United States district court judges appointed by George W. Bush
- 21st-century American judges
- American Mormon missionaries in England
- 20th-century Mormon missionaries
- Latter Day Saints from Utah
- Latter Day Saints from Arizona