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Richard Lesley Voorhees (born June 5, 1941) is a
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United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina.


Education and career

Born in
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, Voorhees was in the United States Army as an ROTC Cadet from 1959 to 1963. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from
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in 1963 and a
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from the University of North Carolina School of Law in 1968. He was in the United States Army Signal Corps as a Lieutenant from 1963 to 1965. He was an Army Reserves Captain from 1965 to 1969, and was in private practice in Gastonia, North Carolina from 1968 to 1988.


Federal judicial service

On July 31, 1987, Voorhees was nominated by President
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to a seat on the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina vacated by Judge
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. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 14, 1988, and received his commission on October 17, 1988. He served as Chief Judge from 1991 to 1998. He assumed senior status on August 31, 2017.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Voorhees, Richard Lesley 1941 births Living people Davidson College alumni Judges of the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina Lawyers from Syracuse, New York United States district court judges appointed by Ronald Reagan 20th-century American judges United States Army officers University of North Carolina School of Law alumni 21st-century American judges