Frank R. Zapata
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. Senior status. Born 1944.
Federal judicial service
Newest firstJudge, U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton (Democratic)
- Nominated
- Mar 29, 1996
- Senate vote
- Voice vote
- Confirmed
- Jul 31, 1996
- Commissioned
- Aug 1, 1996
- Senior status
- Aug 3, 2010
Other federal judicial service
- U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, 1994-1996
Education
- A.A., Eastern Arizona College, 1964
- B.A., University of Arizona, 1966
- J.D., University of Arizona College of Law (now James E. Rogers College of Law), 1973
Career
- Staff attorney, Pima County [Arizona] Legal Aid Society, 1973-1974
- Assistant federal public defender, District of Arizona, 1974-1994
- chief assistant federal public defender, 1984-1994
- Assistant adjunct professor, University of Arizona College of Law, 1988-1990
DataSources: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal JudgesData as of Oct 29, 2026
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