Patrick Anthony Conmy

Patrick Anthony Conmy
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of North Dakota
Incumbent
Assumed office January 5, 2000
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of North Dakota
In office 1985–1992
Preceded by	Paul Benson
Succeeded by	Rodney Scott Webb
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of North Dakota
In office December 17, 1985 – January 5, 2000
Appointed by	Ronald Reagan
Preceded by	Bruce Van Sickle
Succeeded by	Daniel L. Hovland
Personal details
Born	Patrick Anthony Conmy (1934-01-05) January 5, 1934 Fargo, North Dakota, U.S.
Education	Harvard College (BA) Georgetown University (JD)

Patrick Anthony Conmy (born January 5, 1934) is an inactive senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of North Dakota.

Education and career

Conmy was born in Fargo, North Dakota. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard College in 1955 and a Juris Doctor from Georgetown University Law Center in 1959. He was a junior management assistant for the United States Department of Labor in Washington, D.C., from 1955 to 1959. He was in private practice in Bismarck, North Dakota from 1959 to 1985, also serving as city commissioner for Bismarck from 1968 to 1976, and as a member of the North Dakota House of Representatives from 1976 to 1985.

Federal judicial service

On October 16, 1985, Conmy was nominated by President Ronald Reagan to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of North Dakota vacated by Judge Bruce Van Sickle. Conmy was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 16, 1985, and received his commission on December 17, 1985. He served as Chief Judge from 1985 to 1992, and assumed senior status on January 5, 2000.

Sources

• Patrick Anthony Conmy at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.