Wayne Edward Alley
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma. Senior status. Born 1932.
Federal judicial service
Newest firstJudge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma
- Appointed by
- Ronald Reagan (Republican)
- Nominated
- May 29, 1985
- Senate vote
- Voice vote
- Confirmed
- Jul 10, 1985
- Commissioned
- Jul 11, 1985
- Senior status
- May 16, 1999
Other federal judicial service
- Military Judge, U.S. Army, Saigon, Republic of Vietnam, 1968-1969
- Military Judge, U.S. Army, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, 1970-1972
- Appellate Military Judge, U.S. Army Court of Military Review (now U.S. Army Court of Criminal Appeals), 1972-1973, 1974-1975
- Chief Military Trial Judge, U.S. Army, 1975
Education
- A.B., Stanford University, 1952
- J.D., Stanford Law School, 1957
Career
- U.S. Army lieutenant, 1952-1954
- Law clerk, Supreme Court of Oregon, 1957
- Private practice, Portland, Oregon, 1957-1959
- U.S. Army, JAG Corps, 1959-1981 (retired as brigadier general)
- Assistant staff judge advocate, Okinawa, Japan
- Fort Sill, Oklahoma, 1959-1964
- Faculty, Judge Advocate General's School, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1965-1968
- Chief, criminal law division, 1975-1978
- Judge advocate, Europe
- Heidelberg, Germany, 1978-1981
- Dean/professor of law, University of Oklahoma College of Law, 1981-1985
DataSources: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal JudgesData as of Oct 29, 2026
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