Benjamin Hale Settle

Benjamin Hale Settle (born 1947) is a Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington.

Benjamin Hale Settle
circa 2008
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington
Incumbent
Assumed office January 1, 2020
Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington
In office July 2, 2007 – January 1, 2020
Appointed by	George W. Bush
Preceded by	Frank Burgess
Succeeded by	vacant
Personal details
Born	1947 (age 73–74) Olympia, Washington
Education	Claremont McKenna College (BA) Willamette University (JD)

Education and career

Born in Olympia, Washington, Settle received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Claremont McKenna College in 1969 and a Juris Doctor from Willamette University College of Law in 1972. He was in private practice in Washington in 1972, and again from 1976 to 2007. From 1973 to 1976, he was in the Judge Advocate General's Corps of the United States Army.

Federal judicial service

On January 9, 2007, Settle was nominated by President George W. Bush to a seat on the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington vacated by Frank Burgess. Settle was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 28, 2007, and received his commission on July 2, 2007. He assumed senior status on January 1, 2020.

Sources

• Benjamin Hale Settle at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.