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Richard Lesley Voorhees
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina. Senior status since August 31, 2017.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Ronald Reagan
- Nominated
- July 31, 1987
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- June 22, 1988
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), July 25, 1988
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- October 14, 1988
- Commissioned
- October 17, 1988
- Senior status
- Since August 31, 2017
- American Bar Association rating
- Qualified
Born 1941, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it.
Source: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges · This judge’s entry. Our copy saved October 16, 2026, fingerprint 92b677f26553b479.
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Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- U.S. Army cadet, ROTC, 1959-1963
- U.S. Army lieutenant, Signal Corps, 1963-1965
- U.S. Army Reserve captain, 1965-1969
- Private practice, Gastonia, North Carolina, 1968-1988
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