Herbert Stephenson Boreman

Personal

Birthday: 
9/21/1897
Birthplace: 
Middlebourne, WV
Date of Death: 
3/26/1982
Place of Death: 
Parkersburg, WV
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

Private practice, Parkersburg, West Virginia, 1920-1923, 1927-1929, 1932-1954
Assistant U.S. attorney, 1923-1927
Divorce commissioner, West Virginia Circuit Court, Wood County, 1923-1927
Prosecutor, Wood County, West Virginia, 1929-1932
State senator, West Virginia, 1942-1950

Received recess appointment to U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, October 17, 1958; declined appointment

Education

Name of School: 

West Virginia University Law School

The West Virginia University College of Law offers a curriculum which blends skills, perspectives, and substantive law courses in a supportive learning environment. WVU is recognized nationally as a leader in providing a student-centered learning experience. The Law Center provides access to the Internet through a wireless network and has other state-of-the-art technology, including connections for laptops at each seat in the classrooms, web access at each carrel in the library, and video conferencing and distance learning facilities. Our graduates are employed at the major law firms in West Virginia, are members of the judiciary, and hold important positions in government. They are also in major law firms from New York City to Hong Kong, Rome to Pittsburgh and San Diego to Richmond. Many graduates also run their own offices and work tirelessly for those who have little or no money but desperately need legal representation.

Degree: 
LL.B.
Degree Year: 
1920

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
U. S. District Court, Northern District of West Virginia
Court Name: 

West Virginia Northern District Court

President Nominating: 
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Party Affiliation of President: 
Republican
Commission Date: 
7/22/1954
Termination Date: 
6/22/1959
Termination Reason: 
Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Court Name - Second: 
U. S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Court Name - Second: 

Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals

Commission Date - Second: 
6/17/1959
Retirement from Active Service - Second: 
6/15/1971
Termination Date - Second: 
3/26/1982
Termination Reason - Second: 
Death