Chief Justice Names Judge Charles H. Haden II
Judicial Conference Executive Committee Chairman
Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist has named Chief Judge Charles H. Haden II (S.D. W.Va.) as chairman of the Executive Committee of the Judicial Conference of the United States. Haden succeeds Chief Judge Ralph K. Winter (2nd Cir.), who served as chair of the Committee for the past year before taking senior status on September 30. Haden currently serves on the 27-member Judicial Conference and its Executive Committee, which is the Conference’s senior executive arm.
"Judge Winter did a fine job as chairman of the Executive Committee and the Judicial Conference thanks him for his valuable service," said Chief Justice Rehnquist. "I am confident that Judge Haden also will be an able and successful chairman."
Haden was appointed to the U.S. District Court for the Southern and Northern Districts of West Virginia in 1975 by President Gerald Ford. He became chief judge of the Southern District in 1982 and continues to serve as chief, making him the longest serving chief district court judge in recent history.
Haden has served in all three branches of the West Virginia state government. He was a member of the House of Delegates of the state legislature, the State Tax Commissioner, and a Justice on the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals. He also practiced law for eight years.
Haden was born in 1937 in Morgantown, W.Va. and has lived in the state his entire life.
Also serving on the Executive Committee are Chief Judge Edward R. Becker (3rd Cir.), Chief Judge Charles R. Butler, Jr. (S.D. Ala.), Chief Judge Carolyn Dineen King (5th Cir.), Chief Judge Boyce Martin (6th Cir.), Judge James M. Rosenbaum (D. Minn.), and Chief Judge Juan R. Torruella (1st Cir.). Administrative Office Director Leonidas Ralph Mecham serves as an ex-officio member of the Committee.
The Judicial Conference of the United States is the principal policy-making body for the federal court system. The presiding officer is the Chief Justice of the United States, and the Conference is composed of the chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the chief judges of the other 12 federal appeals courts, a district judge from each of the 12 geographic circuits, and the chief judge of the Court of International Trade. The Conference meets twice a year to consider administrative and policy issues affecting the court system and to make recommendations to Congress concerning legislation involving the Judicial Branch. The Executive Committee acts for the Judicial Conference when the Conference is not in session.
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