9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Senior Judge
Career Highlights: U.S. Navy lieutenant, 1954-55; private practice, Reno, Nevada, 1958-77; deputy attorney general, State of Nevada; general counsel, University of Nevada System, 1972-76; civilian aide, secretary of the U.S. Army, 1977; member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 1996-2000; nominated August 1977, confirmed September 1977, senior status January 2002. Retired 2017. Died October 2019.
Law School: Stanford Law School, LLB, 1958
Career Highlights: U.S. Navy lieutenant, 1954-55; private practice, Reno, Nevada, 1958-77; deputy attorney general, State of Nevada; general counsel, University of Nevada System, 1972-76; civilian aide, secretary of the U.S. Army, 1977; member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 1996-2000; nominated August 1977, confirmed September 1977, senior status January 2002. Retired 2017. Died October 2019.
Law School: Stanford Law School, LLB, 1958
By John Roemer
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Chief Judge Emeritus Procter Ralph Hug Jr. of Reno bailed the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals out of jams in four notable incidents during the 1990s.
Today Hug, 79, is a respected senior judge who on visits to circuit headquarters in San Francisco is assigned the elegant visiting chambers, complete with fireplace, that were originally designed for U.S. Supreme Court justices who traveled annually to the circuit... (continued)
