Diana E. Murphy

Diana Murphy
Judge of the Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Incumbent
Assumed office October 11, 1994
Nominated by	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	John Gibson
Judge of the District Court for the District of Minnesota
In office February 20, 1980 – October 11, 1994
Nominated by	Jimmy Carter
Preceded by	Seat established
Succeeded by	Ann Montgomery
Personal details
Born	1934 (age 76–77) Faribault, Minnesota, United States
Alma mater	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Diana E. Murphy born in 1934, is a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

Education

Murphy received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Minnesota in 1954 and her Juris Doctor from the University of Minnesota Law School in 1974,^[1] where she was an editor on the Law Review.

Career

Murphy was nominated to that post by President Bill Clinton in 1994 and confirmed by the Senate.^[1] Prior to being elevated to the Court of Appeals she was a federal district judge for the District of Minnesota from 1979 to 1994, serving as chief judge from 1992 to 1994.^[1] While on the Court of Appeals she also served as Chair of the United States Sentencing Commission from 1999 to 2004.^[1]

Murphy is the first and so far only woman to serve on the Eighth Circuit.^[2] In 1993 she was reputedly considered for the post of Attorney General of the United States, which later went to Janet Reno.

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} Diana E. Murphy at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
2. ^ Leigh Jones, 8th Circuit lags in female appointees, The National Law Journal (May 31, 2010).

Legal offices
New seat	Judge of the District Court for the District of Minnesota 1980–1994	Succeeded by Ann Montgomery
Preceded by John Gibson	Judge of the Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit 1994–present	Incumbent

Persondata
Name	Murphy, Diana E.
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1934
Place of birth	Faribault, Minnesota
Date of death
Place of death