Introduction
Lloyd Dee George (born February 22, 1930) is a Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada.
Education and career
Born in Montpelier, Idaho, George was raised in Las Vegas, Nevada, and was the class president of the 1948 class of Las Vegas High School. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from Brigham Young University in 1955 and, after serving in theUnited States Air Force from 1955 to 1958, received a Juris Doctor from the University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law in 1961. He was in private practice in Las Vegas from 1961 to 1974, and was also a justice of the peace for Clark County, Nevada from 1962 to 1969. He was a United States Bankruptcy Judge for the District of Nevada from 1974 to 1984, serving on the Ninth Circuit United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panels from 1980 to 1984.
Federal judicial service
On April 18, 1984, George was nominated by President Ronald Reagan to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Nevada vacated by Judge Roger D. Foley. George was confirmed by the United States Senate on April 30, 1984, and received his commission on May 3, 1984. He served as Chief Judge from 1992 to 1997, and assumed senior status on December 1, 1997.
Religion and honors
George is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.He served as a missionary in Wisconsin and Illinois for the Church. The Lloyd D. George Federal Courthouse in Las Vegas, Nevada is named in his honor as well as the State Bar of Nevada's Lloyd D. George Professionalism Award and the William S. Boyd School of Law's Judge Lloyd George Bankruptcy Moot Court Competition.
Awards and honors
- Alumni Distinguished Service Award, Brigham Young University (1980)
- Silver Beaver Award, Boy Scouts of America
- Liberty Bell Award for Public Service
- Presidential Citation, Brigham Young University (2001)
- Jensen Public Service Award, Boalt Hall, University of California, Berkeley (2005)
- John C Mowbray Humanitarian of the Year Award, Notre Dame Club
- Jurist of the Year Award, Federal Bar Association
- Champion of a Lifetime Award, Clark County Law Foundation (2016)
Sources
- Lloyd D. George at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- Church News, December 9, 2000.
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| Preceded by Roger D. Foley |
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada 1984–1997 |
Succeeded by Johnnie B. Rawlinson |
| Preceded by Edward Cornelius Reed Jr. |
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada 1992–1997 |
Succeeded by Howard D. McKibben |