Edward Cornelius Reed Jr.

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Edward C. Reed Jr.
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada
In office September 26, 1979 – July 15, 1992
Appointed by	Jimmy Carter
Preceded by	Seat established on October 20, 1978 by 92 Stat. 1629
Succeeded by	David Warner Hagen
Personal details
Born	(1924-07-08)July 8, 1924 Mason, Nevada, U.S.
Died	Reno, Nevada, U.S.
Alma mater	University of Nevada, Harvard Law School
Military service
Rank	Staff Sergeant
Battles/wars	World War II

Edward Cornelius Reed, Jr. (July 8, 1924 – June 1, 2013) was a United States federal judge in the District of Nevada.

Born in Mason, Nevada, Judge Reed attended public school in Reno. Reed served in the 86th Infantry Division of the United States Army during World War II, from 1943 to 1946 and was deployed in Europe, achieving the rank of staff sergeant. He was captured by German soldiers and imprisoned during the final year of the war. After the German surrender Judge Reed was transferred to the Philippines along with the rest of 86th Infantry Division which was part of the force planned for the invasion of Japan when the war ended with the Japanese surrender.

Following his military service, he received a B.A. from the University of Nevada in 1949, and a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1952. He then became a tax attorney for Arthur Andersen & Co., in Boston, Massachusetts, from 1952 to 1953, and was in private legal practice in Reno, Nevada from 1953 to 1979. Reed served as a Special Deputy Attorney General for water rights litigation in Nevada from 1967 to 1979.

In 1979, Reed was nominated by President Jimmy Carter to fill a new judicial seat in the United States District Court for the District of Nevada. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 25, 1979, and received his commission on September 26, 1979. Reed served as Chief Judge for the District of Nevada from 1986 to 1992. He assumed senior status on July 15, 1992 and served until his 2013 death.

External links

• Edward Cornelius Reed Jr. at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Legal offices
Preceded by new seat	Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada 1979–1992	Succeeded by David Warner Hagen