William James Lindberg

Personal

Birthday: 
12/17/1904
Birthplace: 
Minot, ND
Date of Death: 
12/15/1981
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

Clerk, U.S. Sen. C.C. Dill, Washington, 1928
Private practice, Spokane, Washington, 1928-1933
Professor of law, Gonzaga Law School, 1928-1933
Secretary, Washington State Senate, 1933
Assistant attorney general, State of Washington, 1933-1934
Member, Washington State Liquor Control Board, 1934-1941
Private practice, Olympia, Washington, 1941-1944
Private practice, Seattle, Washington, 1944-1951

Education

Name of School: 

Gonzaga University School of Law

Gonzaga law is a private, Jesuit-affiliated school of law in Spokane, Washington that offers an experience-based academic program that produces graduates who are pursuing justice and finding solutions to legal challenges today and in the future. Gonzaga Law teaches ethical, inspired action on behalf of a client or cause in legal, economic, and social contexts. We focus on academics and scholarship where both students and faculty can make a difference in and out of academia. From granting the first-ever Gonzaga degree to a woman in 1935, to opening one of the country's first legal clinics in 1974, to a decades-long focus on legal research and writing, to a new experience-based curriculum in 2009, to launching the Pacific Northwest's first Accelerated J.D. program in 2013, and 15 month J.D. for Internationally Educated Lawyers in 2014, Gonzaga Law offers an innovative choice of law school.

Degree: 
LL.B.
Degree Year: 
1927
Name of School - Second: 

Georgetown University Law Center

The Law Center provides a world of opportunities. We offer more courses and more seminars on domestic and international topics than any other law school in the country. Our program in clinical education, ranked among the best in the nation, offers a wide range of legal assistance to needy members of our community - including domestic abuse and child cases, political asylum cases, and environmental justice. Our location puts us within walking distance of Congress, the Supreme Court, and the Department of Justice.

Degree - Second: 
LL.M.
Degree Year - Second: 
1928

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
U. S. District Court, Eastern District of Washington
Court Name: 

Washington Eastern District Court

President Nominating: 
Harry S Truman
Party Affiliation of President: 
Democratic
Commission Date: 
4/25/1951
Termination Date: 
5/19/1961
Termination Reason: 
Reassignment
Court Name - Second: 
U. S. District Court, Western District of Washington
Court Name - Second: 

Washington Western District Court

Commission Date - Second: 
4/25/1951
Retirement from Active Service - Second: 
3/1/1971
Termination Date - Second: 
12/15/1981
Termination Reason - Second: 
Death