William Horsley Orrick, Jr.

William Horsley Orrick, Jr.
Born	October 10, 1915 San Francisco, California
Died	August 14, 2003 (aged 87) San Francisco, California
Education	Yale University UC Berkeley School of Law (1941)
Occupation	United States federal judge
Spouse(s)	Marion Naffziger Suzanne Rogers
Children	William H. Orrick III
Parent(s)	William Horsley Orrick I Mary Downey
Relatives	Andrew Downey Orrick, brother

William Horsley Orrick, Jr. (October 10, 1915  – August 14, 2003) was a United States federal judge.

Orrick was born on October 10, 1915 in San Francisco, California to William Horsley Orrick, Sr.. He had a brother, Andrew Downey Orrick, former Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. He received a B.A. from Yale University in 1937, where he was a member of the Skull and Bones Society.^[1] He received an LL.B. from the University of California, Berkeley at the Boalt Hall School of Law in 1941. He was in private practice of law in San Francisco from 1941 to 1942. He was in the United States Army from 1942 to 1946. He was in private practice of law in San Francisco from 1946 to 1961. He was an assistant U.S. Attorney general of Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice from 1961 to 1962. He was a Deputy U.S. undersecretary of state for administration, U.S. Department of State from 1962 to 1963. He was an assistant U.S. Attorney general of Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice from 1963 to 1965.^[2] He was in private practice of law in San Francisco from 1965 to 1974.

On May 31, 1974, Orrick was nominated by President Richard M. Nixon to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of California vacated by William T. Sweigert. Orrick was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 21, 1974, and received his commission on July 8, 1974. He was the judge in the Patty Hearst sentencing in 1976.^[3] He assumed senior status on October 31, 1985.

Orrick's first wife was Marion Naffziger, daughter of Howard Christian Naffziger. She and Orrick had three children, Mary Louise, Marion, and William H. Orrick III. Naffziger died in 1995, and Orrick later married Suzanne Rogers.^[4] He died on August 14, 2003 in San Francisco.^[5]

References

1. "Six Yale Societies Elect 90 Members. Book and Snake and Berzilius Again Fill Their Ranks as University Groups. Tapping Is Done in the Traditional and Picturesque Harkness Court Ceremony". The New York Times. May 8, 1936. p. 18. Retrieved December 19, 2015. (subscription required (help)).
2. Associated Press (April 4, 1964). "Trust Buster Wages A Sweeping War". The Miami News. Retrieved 2012-11-16. Thus William Horsley Orrick the vigorous, intense boss of the Justice Department's antitrust division, is steering away from any idea of enforcing antitrust laws by ...
3. "Judge in Hearst Sentencing. William Horsley Orrick". The New York Times. September 25, 1976. Retrieved December 19, 2015. (subscription required (help)). A second generation Californian, William Horsley was born Oct. 10, 1915 in Oakland, where his grandfather started a successful paint company in 1868. ...
4. "Marion Naffziger Orrick". San Francisco Chronicle. February 25, 1995. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
5. "William Orrick". San Francisco Chronicle. August 19, 2003. Retrieved December 19, 2015. Judge Orrick was preceded in death in 1995 by Marion Naffziger Orrick, his wife and the mother of his children. He is survived by his second wife, Suzanne Orrick of San Francisco, and by three children and six grandchildren.

External links

• William Horsley Orrick, Jr. at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.