Harris Hartz
| Harris Hartz | |
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| Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit | |
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Assumed office December 10, 2001 |
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| Appointed by | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Bobby Baldock |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
January 20, 1947 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
| Education | Harvard University (BS, JD) |
Harris L Hartz (born January 20, 1947 in Baltimore, Maryland) is a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. He was nominated to that court by President George W. Bush on September 4, 2001 to replace Judge Bobby Ray Baldock, who took Senior status. Hartz was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 6, 2001, by a vote of 99-0.
Hartz received his A.B. in physics, summa cum laude, from Harvard College in 1967 and his J.D. in 1972 from Harvard Law School, where he was an editor of the Harvard Law Review and graduated magna cum laude.
Prior to his appointment to the Tenth Circuit, Hartz had a record of experience both in public service and private practice. He was an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico from 1972–1975, and thereafter spent a year as an assistant professor of law at University of Illinois College of Law. He served on the Governor of New Mexico's Organized Crime Prevention Commission from 1976–1979, first as counsel, then as executive director. After that, he was in private practice for nine years before serving as a judge and Chief Judge on the New Mexico Court of Appeals from 1988-1999, during which time he authored approximately 300 opinions. He then returned to private practice at a law firm, serving as special counsel to the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, where he worked with the union to develop a code of conduct and an internal system for compliance and enforcement. He was elevated to the federal bench in 2001.
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