Larry R. Hicks

Larry R. Hicks (born 1943) is a Senior United States District Judge.

Born in Evanston, Illinois, Hicks received a B.S. from the University of Nevada in 1965 and a J.D. from the University of Colorado in 1968. He was a law clerk, Washoe County District Attorney's Office, Nevada in 1968, and was then an attorney in that office from 1968 to 1974, and District Attorney of Washoe County from 1975 to 1979. He entered private practice in Nevada in 1979, remaining in practice until 2001.

On September 4, 2001, Hicks was nominated by President George W. Bush to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Nevada vacated by Johnnie B. Rawlinson. Hicks was confirmed by the United States Senate on November 5, 2001, and received his commission on November 7, 2001. He took senior status on December 13, 2012.

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Preceded by
Johnnie B. Rawlinson
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada
2001–2012
Succeeded by
Jennifer A. Dorsey
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