Retired Judge Osteen has died
Retired federal Judge William Osteen Sr. died Sunday.
For nearly 16 years, Osteen served as a U.S. District Court Judge for the Middle District of North Carolina, which is based in Greensboro.
Osteen’s family declined to provide any further details about his death on Sunday evening.
Osteen was born in 1930 in Greensboro, according to the federal judiciary Web site. He served in the U.S. Army Reserve before graduating from Guilford College in 1953.
He earned his law degree from UNC-Chapel Hill in 1956 and was in private practice until 1969, when he became a U.S. attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina.
He returned to private practice in Greensboro from 1974 to 1991.
Osteen began serving as a federal judge in 1991 after being nominated by President George H.W. Bush and confirmed by the Senate.
The Middle District handles cases from 24 counties.
Osteen retired in 2007 and his son filled his spot on the bench.
Relatives closer than first cousins cannot serve on the same federal bench.
The two practiced law together for about five years before the elder Osteen became a judge.
He called that period “the most rewarding time of my professional career.”
Contact Jamie Kennedy Jones at 449-4610 or jamie.kennedy
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