Dates

• Existence: 1929

Biography

Edward Leavy was born near Aurora, Oregon, in 1929. He attended the University of Portland, graduating in 1950. He then attended Notre Dame Law School, where he earned his law degree in 1953. He met Eileen Hagenauer while in high school, and they married in 1951; they later had four children. He returned to Oregon after graduation, and worked in private law practice in Eugene for a year. In 1954, he became a deputy district attorney for Lane County. He was appointed to the Lane County District Court in 1957, re-elected to that bench in 1958, and then elected to the Lane County Circuit Court in 1960. He spent some time as a justice pro tempore for the Oregon Supreme Court. He was a magistrate for the U.S. District Court of Oregon from 1976 to 1984. In 1984, President Ronald Reagan appointed him as a judge to that same court, and in 1987, Reagan appointed him to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He took senior status in 1997. In 2001, U.S. Supreme Court Justice William Rehnquist appointed him to the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review, and in 2005, he became presiding judge of that court. His term expired in 2008, but he continues to serve as a senior judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. In 2016, he was awarded the Edward J. Devitt Distinguished Service to Justice Award.

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