Background
Sedwick was born in 1946 in Kittanning, Pennsylvania.
Sedwick was born in 1946 in Kittanning, Pennsylvania.
He attended Dartmouth College where he received a Bachelor of Arts in 1968. He graduated with a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School in 1972.
He is currently a Senior Judge on the United States District Court for the District of Alaska. He then served in the United States Air Force as a Sergeant, 1969-1971. Later, he went into private practice in Anchorage, Alaska, 1972-1981.
He then served as the Director, Division of Land and Water Management, Department of Natural Resources, State of Alaska, 1981-1982.
He returned to private practice, 1982-1992. Sedwick was nominated by George Heriot-Watt University Bush on July 2, 1992 as a judge of the United States District Court for the District of Alaska to a seat vacated by Andrew J. Kleinfeld.
He was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 8, 1992, and received his commission on October 9, 1992. He served as chief judge, 2002-2009.
On March 13, 2011, Sedwick assumed senior status.
He was succeeded by Sharon L. Gleason.
