James Bilbray

U.S. Congressperson

1938 –

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Who is James Bilbray?

James Hubert Bilbray is an American politician and lawyer from Nevada.

Born in Las Vegas, Nevada, Bilbray graduated from Las Vegas High School and attended the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, from 1959 to 1960. He received a B.A. in government and public administration from American University in Washington, D.C., in 1962 and a J.D. from the Washington College of Law in 1964. He served in the Nevada Army National Guard from 1955 to 1956 and in the Nevada Army Reserves from 1957 to 1963.

Bilbray practiced law and was deputy district attorney of Clark County, Nevada, from 1965 to 1967. He was then chief legal counsel in the Clark County juvenile court from 1967 to 1968 and was an alternate municipal judge in Las Vegas from 1978 to 1980. He became licensed to practice law before the Nevada Gaming Commission and the Nevada Gaming Control Board in 1970. A Democrat, he ran for the United States House of Representatives against conservative incumbent Walter Baring, a fellow Democrat who was disliked by his party's establishment.

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Born
May 19, 1938
Las Vegas
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • American University
  • University of Nevada, Las Vegas

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on July 23, 2013

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