Roger D. Foley
{{Short description|American judge}}
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| office = Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada
| term_start = October 29, 1982
| term_end = January 7, 1996
| office1 = Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada
| term_start1 = 1963
| term_end1 = 1980
| predecessor1 = John Rolly Ross
| successor1 = Harry E. Claiborne
| office2 = Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada
| term_start2 = July 2, 1962
| term_end2 = October 29, 1982
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| appointer2 = John F. Kennedy
| predecessor2 = Seat established by 75 Stat. 80
| successor2 = Lloyd D. George
| office3 = Attorney General of Nevada
| term_start3 = 1959
| term_end3 = 1962
| governor3 = Grant Sawyer
| predecessor3 = Harvey Dickerson
| successor3 = Charles E. Springer
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| birth_name = Roger Drummond Foley
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1917|04|28}}
| birth_place = Goldfield, Nevada
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| death_place = Las Vegas, Nevada
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Roger Drummond Foley (April 28, 1917 – January 7, 1996) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada.
Education and career
Born in Goldfield, Nevada, Foley was the eldest of five sons of Helen Drummond and Roger Thomas Foley, the latter also having been a federal district judge in Nevada.The Foley Family: Four Generations of Service, The Nevada Bar (January 1, 2003). The family moved to Las Vegas in 1928.[http://ag.nv.gov/Bios/Biographies/23_-_Roger_D_Foley/ Roger Drummond Foley - Democrat, Elected], Office of the Nevada Attorney General. Retrieved 2018-07-03. He received a Bachelor of Laws from the University of San Francisco School of Law. During World War II, Foley flew over 50 combat missions as a first lieutenant bombardier and navigator in the United States Army Air Forces. He was a deputy district attorney of Clark County, Nevada from 1948 to 1951, then district attorney of that county until 1955. He was in private practice in Las Vegas from 1956 to 1958, and was the Attorney General of Nevada from 1959 to 1962.{{FJC Bio|771|nid=1380806|name=Roger D. Foley}}
Federal judicial service
On June 12, 1962, Foley was nominated by President John F. Kennedy to a new seat on the United States District Court for the District of Nevada created by 75 Stat. 80. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 29, 1962, and received his commission on July 2, 1962. He served as Chief Judge from 1963 to 1980, assuming senior status on October 29, 1982, and serving in that capacity until his death on January 7, 1996, in Las Vegas.
Honor
The Foley Federal Building and United States Courthouse in Las Vegas is named for the family, as a whole.
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- {{FJC Bio|771|nid=1380806|name=Roger D. Foley}}
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Category:20th-century American lawyers
Category:District attorneys in Nevada
Category:Judges of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada
Category:Nevada attorneys general
Category:People from Goldfield, Nevada
Category:Lawyers from Las Vegas
Category:United States Army Air Forces pilots of World War II
Category:United States district court judges appointed by John F. Kennedy