Edward Cornelius Reed Jr.

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Edward Cornelius Reed Jr. (July 8, 1924 – June 1, 2013) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada.

Education and career

Born in Mason, Nevada,[1] Reed received a Bachelor of Arts degree from University of Nevada, Reno in 1949. He received a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School in 1952. He was in the United States Army from 1943 to 1946. He was a tax attorney at the firm of Arthur Andersen & Co. in Boston, Massachusetts from 1952 to 1953. He was in private practice of law in Reno, Nevada from 1953 to 1979. He was a special deputy state attorney general for water rights litigation in Nevada from 1967 to 1979.[2]

Federal judicial service

Reed was nominated by President Jimmy Carter on April 12, 1979, to the United States District Court for the District of Nevada, to a new seat created by 92 Stat. 1629. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 25, 1979, and received his commission on September 26, 1979.[2] He served as Chief Judge from 1986 to 1992. He assumed senior status on July 15, 1992, serving in that capacity until his death on June 1, 2013, in Reno.[3]

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