Frank Herbert Norcross

Frank Herbert Norcross
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada
In office April 30, 1945 – November 4, 1952
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada
In office April 17, 1928 – April 30, 1945
Appointed by	Calvin Coolidge
Preceded by	Edward Silsby Farrington
Succeeded by	Roger Thomas Foley
Personal details
Born	Frank Herbert Norcross (1869-05-11)May 11, 1869 Reno, Nevada
Died	November 4, 1952(1952-11-04) (aged 83) San Francisco, California
Education	University of Nevada, Reno (A.B.) Georgetown Law (LL.B.)

Frank Herbert Norcross (May 11, 1869 – November 4, 1952) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada.

Education and career

Born in Reno, Nevada, Norcross received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from the University of Nevada, Reno in 1891 and a Bachelor of Laws from Georgetown Law in 1894. He was a district attorney of Washoe County, Nevada from 1895 to 1897. He was a member of the Nevada Assembly from 1897 to 1899. He was in private practice in Reno from 1899 to 1904. Norcross became a justice of the Supreme Court of Nevada in 1904, serving until 1916, including terms as chief justice from 1909 to 1911 and from 1915 to 1916. He returned to private practice in Reno from 1917 to 1928.

Federal judicial service

On April 2, 1928, Norcross was nominated by President Calvin Coolidge to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Nevada vacated by Judge Edward Silsby Farrington. Norcross was confirmed by the United States Senate on April 17, 1928, and received his commission the same day. He assumed senior status on April 30, 1945 serving in that capacity until his death on November 4, 1952, in San Francisco, California.

Sources

• Frank Herbert Norcross at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.