John McCarthy Roll was a federal judge for the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. He joined the court in 1991 after being nominated by President George H.W. Bush. Roll was shot and killed on January 8, 2011, in Tucson, Arizona.
Roll began his career as a Bailiff in the Pima County Superior Court from 1972 to 1973. Roll also became an Assistant City Attorney for the City of Tucson in 1973. Later that year, Roll became the Deputy County Attorney for Pima County, prosecuting criminal cases until 1980. In 1980, Roll joined the US Attorney's Office as an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Arizona until 1987. While with the US Attorney's Office, Roll led the organized drug crimes task force, specializing in large drug cases, from 1982 to 1986. Roll was also the lead civil attorney for the Arizona US Attorney's Office from 1986 to 1987. Then from 1987 to 1991, Roll was appointed as a State Appeals Court Judge in the Division Two Arizona Court of Appeals. Roll was named the Presiding Judge for the Division Two Court of Appeals from 1988 to 1991 before becoming vice chief judge in 1991. Later in 1991, Roll was a Criminal Superior Court Judge in the Pima County before his nomination to the Federal Bench in 1991. Roll also served as a clinical instructor for the University of Arizona College of Law from 1978 to 1979.
On the recommendation of Arizona U.S. Senator John McCain, Roll was nominated by President George H.W. Bush on September 23, 1991 to a seat vacated by Alfredo Marquez. Roll was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on November 22, 1991 on unanimous consent of the Senate and received commission on November 25, 1991.Roll served as the chief judge of the District of Arizona from 2006 to January 8, 2011.
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