John Edwards Conway Explained

John Edwards Conway
Office:Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico
Term Start:September 1, 2000
Term End:June 1, 2014
Office1:Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico
Term Start1:1994
Term End1:2000
Predecessor1:Juan Guerrero Burciaga
Successor1:James Aubrey Parker
Office2:Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico
Term Start2:June 16, 1986
Term End2:September 1, 2000
Appointer2:Ronald Reagan
Predecessor2:Bobby Baldock
Successor2:William Paul Johnson
Birth Name:John Edwards Conway
Birth Date:1 September 1934
Birth Place:Joplin, Missouri
Death Place:Albuquerque, New Mexico
Education:United States Naval Academy (B.S.)
Washburn University School of Law (LL.B.)

John Edwards Conway (September 1, 1934 – June 1, 2014) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico.

Education and career

Born in Joplin, Missouri, Conway received a Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Naval Academy in 1956 and was a United States Air Force Lieutenant from 1956 to 1960, remaining in the United States Air Force Reserve from 1960 to 1970. He received a Bachelor of Laws from Washburn University School of Law in 1963, and entered private practice in Santa Fe, New Mexico until 1964, and then in Alamogordo, New Mexico until 1980. He was a city attorney of Alamogordo from 1966 to 1972. He was a New Mexico state senator from 1970 to 1980, serving as minority leader of the New Mexico State Senate from 1972 to 1980. He was in private practice in Albuquerque, New Mexico from 1980 to 1986.[1]

Federal judicial service

On May 14, 1986, Conway was nominated by President Ronald Reagan to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico vacated by Judge Bobby Baldock. Conway was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 13, 1986, and received his commission on June 16, 1986. He served as Chief Judge from 1994 to 2000, assuming senior status on September 1, 2000.[1] He died on June 1, 2014.[2]

FISA Court

Conway was appointed to the FISA Court in 2000[3] or 2002,[4] to a short term scheduled to end 5/18/2007, or a full 7-year term, and did not serve even the shorter term, leaving under mysterious circumstances around 2005.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Conway, John Edwards - Federal Judicial Center. www.fjc.gov.
  2. News: U.S. District Judge, John Conway dies at 79. washburnreview.org. Cindy Rose. June 11, 2014.
  3. https://www.law.upenn.edu/cf/faculty/truger/workingpapers/101NwULRev239(2007).pdf (.)
  4. Web site: THE FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE COURT 2003 Membership.