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| Richard G. Andrews | |
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| Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office December 31, 2023 | |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware | |
| In office November 7, 2011 – December 31, 2023 | |
| Appointed by | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Joseph James Farnan Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Jennifer L. Hall |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Richard Gibson Andrews (1955-12-22) December 22, 1955 (age 69) Manchester, England, U.K. |
| Political party | Democratic Party |
| Education | Haverford College (BA) University of California, Berkeley (JD) |
Richard Gibson Andrews (born December 22, 1955) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. He is a former Delaware state prosecutor and assistant United States attorney.
Early life and education
Andrews earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Haverford College in 1977 and a Juris Doctor from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law in 1981. From 1981 until 1982, Andrews served as a law clerk for Judge Collins J. Seitz on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
Career
From 1983 until 2006, Andrews worked as an assistant United States attorney for the District of Delaware. In 2007, Andrews was chosen as state prosecutor for the state of Delaware.
Federal judicial service
On May 11, 2011, President Barack Obama nominated Andrews to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, to fill the vacancy created when Judge Joseph James Farnan Jr. retired on July 31, 2010. On September 8, 2011, the Senate Judiciary Committee reported his nomination to the Senate floor by voice vote. On November 3, 2011, the Senate confirmed Andrews by unanimous consent. He received his commission on November 7, 2011. He assumed senior status on December 31, 2023.
References
- ^ Press release (May 11, 2011). "President Obama Nominates Three for District Court Bench". Office of the White House Press Secretary. Retrieved June 14, 2015.
- ^ Richard G. Andrews at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
External links
- Richard G. Andrews at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- Richard G. Andrews at Ballotpedia
| Legal offices | ||
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| Preceded byJoseph James Farnan Jr. | Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware 2011–2023 |
Succeeded byJennifer L. Hall |
| Senior district judges of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals | |
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| Delaware | |
| New Jersey | |
| E. Pennsylvania | |
| M. Pennsylvania | |
| W. Pennsylvania | |
| Virgin Islands | |
- 1955 births
- 20th-century American lawyers
- 21st-century American lawyers
- Assistant United States Attorneys
- English emigrants to the United States
- Haverford College alumni
- Judges of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware
- Lawyers from Manchester
- Lawyers from Wilmington, Delaware
- State attorneys
- Living people
- UC Berkeley School of Law alumni
- United States Attorneys for the District of Delaware
- United States district court judges appointed by Barack Obama