Levin Hicks Campbell (born January 2, 1927) is an American federal appellate judge, serving on the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in Boston.
Born in Summit, New Jersey, Campbell received an A.B. from Harvard College in 1948 and an LL.B. from Harvard Law School in 1951. He was a United States Army Lieutenant in the Judge Advocate General's Corps from 1951 to 1954 and then went into private practice of law in Boston. He entered politics in 1963, performing several roles in Massachusetts over the next decade. He was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1963 to 1964. Later he was an assistant attorney general of Massachusetts from 1965 to 1968 before being appointed as a state trial judge. He was an associate justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court from 1969 to 1972.
On November 12, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon nominated Campbell to the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, to a seat vacated by Charles E. Wyzanski, Jr. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on November 23, 1971, and received commission on November 30. After just a few months on the district court, on June 15, 1972, President Nixon nominated Campbell to the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, to a seat vacated by Bailey Aldrich. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 28, 1972, and received commission on June 30. He served as chief judge from 1983 to 1990. He assumed senior status on January 3, 1992, with a reduced workload, but still continues to hear some cases.
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