Philip Martin Pro (born December 12, 1946) is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada. He is currently an arbitrator and mediator in private practice.
Philip Martin Pro
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada
Born 1946 in Richmond, CA
FJC ID: 1942
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 5/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 6/year
Nevada District Court · 1987–2015
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
Board member · 2007–2011
District of NevadaAssistant U.S. attorney · 1975–1978, 1980- ↳chief assistant U.S. attorney · 1980
- State of NevadaDeputy attorney general · 1979–1980
- Private practice, Reno, Nevada1978–1979
Deputy public defender · 1973–1975
Law clerk , Hon. William P. Compton · 1972–1973- U.S. Naval Reserve1964–1968
Appointments
- 1987–2015 · Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)Term ended: Retirement
Education
LL.M., judicial studies · 2014
J.D. · 1972- San Francisco State CollegeB.A. · 1968
- Contra Costa Community CollegeA.A. · 1966