Michael Daly Hawkins

Judge Michael Daly Hawkins

Personal

Birthday:

1945

Birthplace:

Winslow, AZ

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

U.S. Marine Corps special courts martial military judge, 1970-1973
Private practice, Phoenix, Arizona, 1973-1976, 1980-1994
U.S. attorney for the District of Arizona, 1977-1980
Special prosecutor, The Navajo Nation, 1985-1989

Education

Name of School:

Arizona State University

Degree:

B.A.

Degree Year:

1967

Name of School - Second:

Arizona State University College of Law

Degree - Second:

J.D.

Degree Year - Second:

1970

Name of School - Third:

University of Virginia School of Law

Virginia is justly famous for its collegial environment that bonds students and faculty, and student satisfaction is consistently cited as among the highest in American law schools. Intellectual challenges are met in a spirit of cooperation. Small first-year sections promote individual inquiry while providing support and friendship. Students learn together, reading each other's work and freely sharing course outlines and other materials, confidently relying on the nation's oldest student-run Honor System to maintain the highest ethical standards.

Degree - Third:

LL.M.

Degree Year - Third:

1998

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Court Name:

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

President Nominating:

William J. Clinton

Party Affiliation of President:

Democratic

Commission Date:

9/15/1994

Retirement from Active Service:

2/12/2010