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Edward F. Shea
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington. Senior status since June 7, 2012.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton
- Nominated
- September 4, 1997
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- February 4, 1998
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), February 12, 1998
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- March 27, 1998
- Commissioned
- April 8, 1998
- Senior status
- Since June 7, 2012
- American Bar Association rating
- Qualified
Born 1942, 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
- Law clerk, Hon. Harold Petrie, Court of Appeals of the State of Washington, Division II, 1970-1971
- Private practice, 1971-1998
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