Earl H. Carroll

Earl Hamblin Carroll (March 26, 1925 – February 3, 2017) was a United States federal judge, for the United States District Court for the District of Arizona.

Born in Tucson, Arizona, Carroll served as an ensign in the United States Navy during World War II, from 1943 to 1946. From 1943 to 1944, Carroll attended the Navy V-12 Program at Arizona State Teachers College at Flagstaff (now Northern Arizona University). Carroll later attended the University of California, Los Angeles from 1944 to 1945 and Harvard University from 1945 to 1946. He received a B.S. from the University of Arizona in 1948, and an LL.B. from that institution's College of Law in 1951. At the University of Arizona he was a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity, and is a Significant Sig.

After law school, Carroll served as a law clerk in the Arizona Supreme Court for one year from 1951 to 1952. He then went to work for the Phoenix law firm of Evans, Hull, Kitchel and Jenckes, where he worked from 1952 until 1980 as an associate, and later, as a partner. During that time, he was special counsel to the city of Tombstone, Arizona from 1962 to 1965.

On June 2, 1980, Carroll was nominated by President Jimmy Carter to a new seat on the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. Judge Carroll was sworn in on September 12, 1980. On October 10, 1994, Carroll assumed senior status, opening up a judgeship position for Roslyn Silver, the first woman judge appointed in the District of Arizona. From 1994 to 2008, although on senior status, Carroll maintained a full draw of cases, and one of the heaviest caseloads in the district.

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