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Otto Richard Skopil Jr. was born on 3 June, 1919 in Portland, Oregon, U.S., is an American judge. Discover Otto Richard Skopil Jr.'s Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 93 years old?

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Age 93 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 3 June, 1919
Birthday 3 June
Birthplace Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Date of death 18 October, 2012
Died Place Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1919

Otto Richard Skopil Jr. (June 3, 1919 – October 18, 2012) was an American attorney and judge in the state of Oregon.

Skopil was born in Portland, Oregon, on June 3, 1919.

His parents, Otto Richard Skopil and Freda Martha Boetticher, were working-class German immigrants who lived in the Salem, Oregon, area.

Around age one, the family returned to Salem where Otto Jr.. was raised.

In high school at North Salem High School, Otto played basketball and earned a full-ride scholarship to Willamette University in Salem.

At Willamette he served as class president his freshman year.

1941

He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics in 1941.

Otto then dropped out of law school after two years to enlist in the United States Navy along with two classmates.

1942

During World War II, he was a lieutenant in the Navy in that service's supply division from 1942 to 1946.

1945

He returned to university in 1945 and, in 1946, he graduated from Willamette University College of Law with a Bachelor of Laws and entered private legal practice in Salem where he remained until 1972.

The university created a special class to allow him and other veterans to start mid-term and resume where they had left off before the war.

1967

While in private practice in 1967, he represented State Farm Insurance in a case that reached the United States Supreme Court.

Co. v. Tashire]'', 386 U.S. 523 (1967)

1968

From 1968 until 1974, he was on the board of trustees for Willamette and, in 1983, received an honorary doctorate there.

After assuming senior status on the court, Skopil continued to work on the bench.

1972

Previously, he was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Oregon from 1972 to 1979, and was the chief judge of that court from 1976 to 1979.

Of German ancestry, he was a veteran of World War II and received both his undergraduate education and law degree from Willamette University.

On March 22, 1972, President Richard Nixon nominated Skopil to replace Judge Alfred Goodwin on the bench of the United States District Court for the District of Oregon.

He was confirmed by the United States Senate three days later and received his federal commission on June 2, 1972.

1979

The native Oregonian was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit from 1979 to 1986.

He continued on that court until October 20, 1979, as chief judge from 1976 to 1979.

US Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger appointed Skopil in 1979 as chairman to the National Magistrates Committee which worked to expand the powers of federal magistrate judges.

Skopil was appointed due to his work at the federal district court in Oregon to expand the role of these lower level judges in the federal court system.

On the committee he worked with United States Attorney General Griffin Bell, which helped Skopil earn a nomination to the United States Court of Appeals, the last court before the Supreme Court of the United States.

President Jimmy Carter nominated Skopil for a new seat created by 92 Stat.

1629 on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on June 14, 1979.

Skopil was confirmed on September 25, 1979, by the US Senate and received his commission the following day.

He is one of only a few federal judges to be nominated by US presidents from both the Republican and Democratic political parties.

1986

Skopil became a senior judge for the court on June 30, 1986.

1990

In 1990, he was appointed to the Long Range Planning Committee of the federal court system by Chief Justice William Rehnquist.

Both his son, Otto III, and his daughter, Shannon Skopil, were attorneys.

Otto and his wife Jan also had children named Casey and Molly Skopil.

At the beginning of his time in private practice he partnered with his attorney uncle Ralph Skopil.

Otto had a younger brother named Robert.

2012

Skopil died on October 18, 2012, at the age of 93 at home in Portland.