Lloyd D. George

Lloyd Dee George (February 22, 1930 – October 7, 2020) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada and the namesake of the Lloyd D. George Federal Courthouse in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Education and career Born in Montpelier, Idaho, George was raised in Las Vegas, Nevada, and was the class president of the 1948 class of Las Vegas High School. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from Brigham Young University in 1955. After graduation, and upon completing the requirements of the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps, he was commissioned as an officer in the United States Air Force and served from 1955 to 1958. In the Air Force, he flew Boeing B-47 Stratojet long-range bombers and became a captain.

Federal judicial service George was a United States Bankruptcy Judge for the District of Nevada from 1974 to 1984, serving on the Ninth Circuit United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panels from 1980 to 1984.

In 1996, George was selected to represent the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit as a member of the Judicial Conference of the United States, the national policy-making and management body of the federal judiciary. That year, Chief Justice Rehnquist appointed him to the Conference’s Executive Committee.

Other public service George served for a time as president of the National Conference of Christians and Jews and the Clark County Association for Retarded Children, which became Opportunity Village.

Religion and honors George was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He served as a missionary in Wisconsin and Illinois for the Church. The Lloyd D. George Federal Courthouse in Las Vegas, Nevada is named in his honor as well as the State Bar of Nevada's Lloyd D. George Professionalism Award and the William S. Boyd School of Law's Judge Lloyd George Bankruptcy Moot Court Competition. Judge D. Lowell & Barbara Jensen Public Service Award, Boalt Hall, University of California, Berkeley (2005) John C Mowbray Humanitarian of the Year Award, Notre Dame Club Jurist of the Year Award, Federal Bar Association Champion of a Lifetime Award, Clark County Law Foundation (2016)