Education
George Washington University. University of Utah.
George Washington University. University of Utah.
Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, Hogeson received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Utah in 1934 and was a secretary to United States Representative James West. Robinson of Utah from 1941 to 1944. During that period, Hogeson received a Juris Doctor from the George Washington University Law School in 1943. He was a deputy county attorney for Salt Lake County from 1944 to 1946, becoming a judge of the Utah District Court, Third District from 1946 to 1950.
From 1950 to 1982, Hogeson was a trial judge of the United States Court of Claims, serving as chief of the Trial Division from 1974 to 1980.
On October 1, 1982, Hogeson was appointed by operation of law to a new seat on the United States Court of Federal Claims authorized by 96 Statistics 27. He assumed senior status on January 3, 1983, and served in that capacity until his death, in Washington, District of Columbia Hogeson was one of several judges originally assigned to the United States. Court of Federal Claims for whom no successor was appointed.