Richard Wilde Walker

Personal

Birthday: 
3/11/1857
Birthplace: 
Florence, AL
Date of Death: 
4/10/1936
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

Private practice, St. Louis, Missouri
Private practice, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Private practice, New York City
Private practice, Huntsville, Alabama
Justice, Supreme Court of Alabama, 1891-1892
State representative, Alabama, 1903
Presiding judge, Court of Appeals of Alabama, 1911-1914

Education

Name of School: 
Washington and Lee University
Name of School - Second: 
College of New Jersey (now Princeton University)
Degree - Second: 
A.B.
Degree Year - Second: 
1877
Name of School - Third: 

Columbia Law School

Public service is a critical component of a legal education and the professional development of our students," said David M. Schizer, Dean and the Lucy G. Moses Professor of Law. "This new guarantee supports a core principle of our school, as we aspire to train lawyers who view pro bono work as central to their commitment to our system of justice.

Name of School - Fourth: 
Read law
Degree Year - Fourth: 
1878

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
U. S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Court Name: 

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

President Nominating: 
Woodrow Wilson
Party Affiliation of President: 
Democratic
Commission Date: 
10/5/1914
Retirement from Active Service: 
9/1/1930
Termination Date: 
4/10/1936
Termination Reason: 
Death