Edward Francis Shea (born June 6, 1942) is a senior United States district judge of the

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Education and career

Shea was born in

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. He received a Bachelor of Science in Education degree from

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in 1965 and a

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from

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in 1970. Shea was a

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to Judge Harold Petrie of the

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, Division II from 1970 to 1971. He was in private practice from 1971 to 1998.

Federal judicial service

On September 4, 1997, President

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nominated Shea to serve as a

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of the

. He was nominated to the seat vacated by Judge Alan Angus McDonald. He was confirmed by the

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on March 27, 1998, and received his commission on April 8, 1998. Shea assumed senior status on June 7, 2012.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shea, Edward F. 1942 births Living people 20th-century American judges 21st-century American judges Boston State College alumni Georgetown University Law Center alumni Judges of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington People from Malden, Massachusetts United States district court judges appointed by Bill Clinton University of Massachusetts Boston alumni