Levin Hicks Campbell (born January 2, 1927) is an inactive Senior United States circuit judge of the

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Education and career

Born in

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, New Jersey, Campbell received an

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degree from Harvard University in 1948 and a Bachelor of Laws from

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in 1951.Campbell, Levin Hicks
'' Biographical Directory of Federal Judges'',

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. Accessed February 20, 2011. He served as a United States Army Lieutenant in the Judge Advocate General's Corps from 1952 to 1954, and received the

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for his service in Korea. He then went into private practice of law in Boston, Massachusetts, with Ropes, Gray, Best, Coolidge & Rugg. He entered politics in 1963, performing several roles in Massachusetts over the next decade. He was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1963 to 1964. Later he was an assistant attorney general of Massachusetts, serving under Attorney General Edward W. Brooke, and First Assistant Attorney General of Massachusetts serving under Attorney General Elliott L. Richardson, before being appointed an associate justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court in 1968, a position in which he served through 1970.

Federal judicial service

Campbell was nominated by President Richard Nixon on November 12, 1971, to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts vacated by Judge

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He was confirmed by the United States Senate on November 23, 1971, and received his commission on November 30, 1971. His service terminated on August 31, 1972, due to his elevation to the First Circuit. Campbell was nominated by President Nixon on June 15, 1972, to a seat on the

vacated by Judge Bailey Aldrich. He was confirmed by the Senate on June 28, 1972, and received his commission on June 30, 1972. He served as Chief Judge from 1983 to 1990. He assumed senior status on January 3, 1992.

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Education and career

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