District Judge Lee R. West

Demographics

Type: District Judge
Status: Active
Born: Clayton, OK (1929)
Race: White
Nominated By: President Jimmy Carter ( Democratic)

Employment Background

U.S. Marine Corps lieutenant, 1952-1956; active duty, 1952-1954
Private practice, Ada, Oklahoma, 1956-1961, 1963-1965
Faculty, University of Oklahoma College of Law, 1961-1962
Ford Foundation fellow in law teaching, Harvard Law School, 1962-1963
Judge, Oklahoma District Court, Twenty-Second Judicial District, 1965-1973
Special justice, Supreme Court of Oklahoma and Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals, 1965-1973
Member, Civil Aeronautics Board, 1973-1978; acting chairman, 1977
Private practice, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1978-1979

Educational Background

• University of Oklahoma, B.A. (1952)
• University of Oklahoma, B.A. (1952)
• University of Oklahoma College of Law, J.D. (1956)
• Harvard Law School, LL.M. (1963)