Pat Mehaffy

Pat Mehaffy
Senior Judgeof theUnited States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In office August 31, 1974 – January 31, 1981
Chief Judge of theUnited States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In office 1973–1974
Preceded by	Marion Charles Matthes
Succeeded by	Floyd Robert Gibson
Judge of theUnited States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In office July 16, 1963 – August 31, 1974
Appointed by	John F. Kennedy
Preceded by	Joseph William Woodrough
Succeeded by	J. Smith Henley
Personal details
Born	Pat Mehaffy (1904-10-08)October 8, 1904 Little Rock,Arkansas
Died	January 31, 1981(1981-01-31)(aged 76) Little Rock,Arkansas
Education	University of Arkansas School of Law(LLB)

Pat Mehaffy(October 8, 1904 – January 31, 1981) was aUnited States circuit judgeof theUnited States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

Education and career

Born inLittle Rock,Arkansas,Mehaffy received aBachelor of Lawsfrom theUniversity of Arkansas School of Lawin 1927. He was in private practice in Little Rock from 1929 to 1930. He was an assistant stateattorney generalof Arkansas from 1929 to 1933. He was chief deputy prosecuting attorney ofPulaski County,Arkansas from 1934 to 1938. He was prosecuting attorney of Pulaski County from 1939 to 1940. He was in private practice in Little Rock from 1940 to 1963.

Federal judicial service

Mehaffy was nominated by PresidentJohn F. Kennedyon June 24, 1963, to a seat on theUnited States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuitvacated by JudgeJoseph William Woodrough.He was confirmed by theUnited States Senateon July 15, 1963, and received his commission on July 16, 1963. He served as Chief Judge from 1973 to 1974. He assumedsenior statusdue to a certified disability on August 31, 1974. Mehaffy served in that capacity until his death on January 31, 1981, in Little Rock.

Sources

• Pat Mehaffyat theBiographical Directory of Federal Judges,a publication of theFederal Judicial Center.