Larry J. McKinney explained

Larry J. McKinney
Office:Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana
Term Start:July 4, 2009
Term End:September 21, 2017
Office1:Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana
Term Start1:2001
Term End1:2007
Predecessor1:Sarah Evans Barker
Successor1:David Hamilton
Office2:Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana
Term Start2:July 20, 1987
Term End2:July 4, 2009
Appointer2:Ronald Reagan
Predecessor2:William Elwood Steckler
Successor2:Jane Magnus-Stinson
Birth Date:4 July 1944
Birth Place:South Bend, Indiana
Death Place:Edinburgh, Indiana, U.S.
Education:MacMurray College (B.A.)
Indiana University Maurer School of Law (J.D.)

Larry Jim McKinney (July 4, 1944 – September 21, 2017) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana.

Education and career

Born in South Bend, Indiana on July 4, 1944,[1] McKinney received a Bachelor of Arts degree from MacMurray College in 1966 and a Juris Doctor from Indiana University Maurer School of Law in 1969. He was a deputy state attorney general of Indiana from 1970 to 1971. He was in private practice in Edinburgh, Indiana from 1971 to 1975. He was in private practice in Greenwood, Indiana from 1975 to 1979. He was a Circuit Judge of Johnson County, Indiana from 1979 to 1987.[2]

Federal judicial service

McKinney was nominated by President Ronald Reagan on May 5, 1987, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana vacated by Judge William Elwood Steckler. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on July 17, 1987, and received his commission on July 20, 1987. He served as Chief Judge from 2001 to 2007. He assumed senior status on July 4, 2009, and served in that status until his death on September 21, 2017.[2] [3]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Who's Who in the Midwest: A Biographical Dictionary of Noteworthy Men and Women of the Central and Midwestern States. September 21, 2017. A. N. Marquis Company. 9780837907345. Google Books.
  2. Web site: McKinney, Larry J. - Federal Judicial Center. www.fjc.gov.
  3. Web site: Senior Federal Judge Larry McKinney Dies at Age 73.