Michael Daly Hawkins (born February 12, 1945) is a Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 11/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 271/year
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1994–2010
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Private practice, Phoenix, Arizona1973–1976, 1980–1994
- The Navajo NationSpecial prosecutor · 1985–1989
U.S. attorney for the District of Arizona1977–1980
U.S. Marine Corps captain1970–1973
Appointments
1994–2010 · Appointed by William J. Clinton (Democratic)
Education
LL.M. · 1998- Arizona State University College of Law (now Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law)J.D. · 1970
- Arizona State UniversityB.A. · 1967