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Frank R. Zapata
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. Senior status since August 3, 2010.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton
- Nominated
- March 29, 1996
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- June 25, 1996
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), June 26, 1996
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- July 31, 1996
- Commissioned
- August 1, 1996
- Senior status
- Since August 3, 2010
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1944, 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
- Staff attorney, Pima County [Arizona] Legal Aid Society, 1973-1974
- Assistant federal public defender, District of Arizona, 1974-1994; chief assistant federal public defender, 1984-1994
- Assistant adjunct professor, University of Arizona College of Law, 1988-1990
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