Frank Seay

Frank Howell Seay is a federal judge on senior status with the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma. He joined the court in 1979 after being nominated by President Jimmy Carter. From 1980 to 1996, Seay served as the chief judge of the district court.

Early life and education[edit]

A native of Shawnee, Oklahoma, Seay graduated from the University of Oklahoma with his bachelor's degree in 1961 and from the University of Oklahoma College of Law with his J.D. in 1966.^[1]

Professional career[edit]

1979 - Present: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma

2003 - Present: Senior judge

1980-1996: Chief judge

1979-2003: Judge

1967-1979: Oklahoma District 22

1974-1979: Judge
1968-1974: Associate judge
1967-1968: First assistant district attorney

1963-1966: County attorney, Seminole County, Okla.
1963-1966: Private practice, Seminole, Okla.^[1]

Judicial career[edit]

Eastern District of Oklahoma[edit]

Seay was nominated by President Jimmy Carter on September 28, 1979, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma vacated by Judge Joseph Morris. Seay was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on October 31, 1979, and he received his commission on November 2, 1979. Seay served as the chief judge of the district court from 1980 to 1996. Seay elected to take senior status beginning on September 25, 2003. He was succeeded in this position by Judge Ronald White.^[1]

External links[edit]

Judge Seay's biography from the Federal Judicial Center

Footnotes[edit]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Federal Judicial Center, "Biography of Judge Frank Howell Seay," accessed June 5, 2017

Political offices
Preceded by: Joseph Morris	Eastern District of Oklahoma 1979–2003 Seat #1	Succeeded by: Ronald White

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Federal judges who have served the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma

Active judges

Chief Judge: Ronald WhiteChief Judge: John Heil

Senior judges

James Payne • Frank Seay •

Magistrate judges

Steven Shreder • Kimberly West •

Former Article III judges

David L. Russell • Ralph Campbell • Robert Williams (Oklahoma) • Joseph Morris • Franklin Elmore Kennamer • Alfred Murrah • Eugene Rice • Bower Broaddus • Luther Bohanon • William Wallace (Oklahoma) • Billy Burrage • Harold Cook • Frederick Daugherty • Orville Langley •

Former Chief judges

James Payne • Frank Seay • Joseph Morris • Eugene Rice • Billy Burrage • Frederick Daugherty • Orville Langley •

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Federal judges nominated by Jimmy Carter

1977

Ballantine • Bownes • Boyle • Bua • Carr • Clark • Cowan • Daly • Filippine • Higginbotham • Hoeveler • Hug • Johnstone • Kane • Keith • Leval • Logan • MacLaughlin • McKay • Melton • Merritt • Murphy • Nickerson • Oberdorfer • Roszkowski • Roy • Rubin • Sifton • Tang • Vance • Veron

1978

Arnold • Baker • Boyle • Burns • Campos • Claiborne • Collins • Cook • Devine • Diamond • Duplantier • Edenfield • Friedman • Gonzalez • Greene • Jenkins • Lowe • Mazzone • McMillian • O'Brien • Pfaelzer • Phillips • Pollak • Sand • Shapiro • Simmons • Smith • Sweet • Tanner • Wiseman • Ziegler

1979

Ackerman • Alarcon • Anderson • Arceneaux • Arnold • Aspen • Beatty • Beer • Belew • Bertelsman • Bilby • N. Black • S. Black • Bloch • Bowen • Brett • Brooks • Brown • Buchmeyer • Bunton • Burciaga • Cabranes • Carr • Carrigan • Castagna • Cire • Clark • Cohn • Conaboy • Cordova • Crabb • Cudahy • Davis • DeAnda • Debevoise • Edwards • Eginton • Ellison • Enslen • O. Evans • T. Evans • Farris • Ferguson • Fletcher • Frye • Garcia • Garza • B. Gibson • H. Gibson • Gierbolini-Ortiz • Giles • Gilliam • Green • Hall • Hastings • Hatchett • Hatfield • Hatter • Hawkins • Henderson • Higby • Hillman • Houck • Howard • Hudspeth • Hungate • F. Johnson • S. Johnson • N. Jones • S. Jones • Karlton • Kazen • Kearse • Keeton • Kehoe • Kennedy • Kidd • King • Kravitch • Loughlin • Martin • McCurn • McDonald • McNaught • McNichols • Mikva • Mitchell • Moran • Murnaghan • Murphy • D. Nelson • D.W. Nelson • Newblatt • Newman • Overton • Paine • Panner • J. Parker • R. Parker • Penn • Perez-Gimenez • Perry • Politz • Poole • Porter • Pregerson • Price • Rambo • Ramirez • Reavley • Redden • E. Reed • S. Reed • Reinhardt • Renner • Robinson • Rothstein • Sachs • Saffels • Sanders • Sarokin • Schroeder • Schwartz • Seay • Senter • Seymour • Shannon • Shaw • Shoob • Skopil • Sloviter • Sofaer • Spellman • Sprouse • Staker • Tate • Taylor • Thompson • Tidwell • Unthank • Vietor • Vining • Wald • Ward • Weinshienk • West • Wicker • Williams • Winder • Woods • Wright •

Zobel

1980

Aguilar • Aldrich • Anderson • Boochever • Breyer • Britt • Cahill • Canby • Carroll • Cerezo • Clemon • S. Ervin • R. Erwin • Getzendanner • Gilmore • Ginsburg • Haltom • Hardy • Henderson • Hobbs • Holschuh • Horton • Howard • Johnson • Keep • Kelly • Kenyon • Kocoras • Marquez • Marshall • Michael • Nixon • Norris • Patel • Polozola • Propst • Quackenbush • Ramsey • Rice • Shadur • Spiegel • Tashima • Thompson • Vela • White • Williams

1981

Heen

Oklahoma courts

Federal courts:

Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of Oklahoma, Northern District of Oklahoma, Western District of Oklahoma • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of Oklahoma, Northern District of Oklahoma, Western District of Oklahoma

State courts:

Oklahoma Supreme Court • Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals • Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals • Oklahoma District Courts • Oklahoma Workers' Compensation Court

State resources:

Courts in Oklahoma • Oklahoma judicial elections • Judicial selection in Oklahoma

[bio-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Federal Judicial Center, "Biography of Judge Frank Howell Seay," accessed June 5, 2017