James Robert Browning

Biography of James Robert Browning

Family Name (Surname): Browning
First Name: James
Middle Name: Robert
Date of Birth: October , 1 , 1918
Place of Birth (POB): Great Falls , Montana (US-MT, MT, 30, Mont.)
Date of Death: May , 6 , 2012
Place of Death (POD): Marin County , California (US-CA, CA, 06, CF, Calif., Ca., Cal.)
Gender Identity: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White

Court Name: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Court Type: United States Court of Appeals
Appointment under the Presidency of: John F. Kennedy ( Democratic )
Judge Nomination vote date (as recorded in the Senate Executive Journal): 09/06/1961
Seat vacated by: Pope , Walter Lyndon
Referral of Nominations to Judiciary Committee Date: 09/06/1961
Committee action: Reported With Recommendation
Committee action date: 09/14/1961
Senate voice vote?: Yes
Senate vote Date (Confirmation Date): 09/14/1961
Commission Date: 09/18/1961
Date of Service as Chief Judge (begin): 1976
Termination of Service as Chief Judge (Date): 1988
Retirement from Active Service: 09/01/2000
Date of Termination: 05/06/2012
Termination of function of Judge (specific reason): Death

Special attorney, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Denver, Colorado, 1941-1943
U.S. Army lieutenant, 1943-1946
Special attorney, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., 1946-1948
Chief, Northwest Regional Office, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Seattle, Washington, 1948-1949
Assistant chief, Antitrust Division, General Litigation Section, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., 1949-1951
First assistant, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., 1951-1952
Executive assistant, Office of the Attorney General of the United States, 1952-1953
Chief, Executive Office for United States Attorneys, 1953
Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1953-1958
Clerk of the court, Supreme Court of the United States, 1958-1961