Education
James East. Rogers College of Law. Pennsylvania State University.
James East. Rogers College of Law. Pennsylvania State University.
President Ronald Reagan nominated him on May 15, 1985 and he was confirmed by the United States Senate on July 10, 1985. Broomfield served as chief judge from 1994 to 1999. Chief Justice William Rehnquist appointed Broomfield to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court in May 2002, a position in which he served until 2009.
Chief Justice William Rehnquist appointed him to the Budget Committee in 1997 and he served as a member until 2013.
Broomfield earned a Bachelor of Surgery from Pennsylvania State University in 1955, and a Bachelor of Laws from University of Arizona College of Law in 1961. From 1955 to 1958, Broomfield was a United States Air Force Lieutenant, and an Air Force Reserve Captain from 1961 to 1972.
He assumed senior status on August 12, 1999 and served in that capacity until his death. Broomfield died of cancer in a Phoenix hospice on July 10, 2014, exactly 29 years from the date he was commissioned as a federal judge.
He was influential in obtaining approval for and funding of the Sandra Day O"Connor United States Courthouse in Phoenix.
His former colleagues held a memorial service in his honor at the District Court of Arizona on July 23, 2014.
