Background
Copple, William Perry was born on October 3, 1916 in Holtville, California, United States. Son of Perry and Euphie (Williams) Copple.
Copple, William Perry was born on October 3, 1916 in Holtville, California, United States. Son of Perry and Euphie (Williams) Copple.
Bachelor of Arts, University of California at Berkeley, 1949; Bachelor of Laws, University of California at Berkeley, 1951.
Born in Holtville, California, Copple received an Associate of Arts from Long Beach City College in 1934, a Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, Berkeley in 1948, and a Juris Doctor from the University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law in 1951. He was a self-employed contractor from 1945 to 1948 and from 1951 to 1952, entering private practice in Yuma, Arizona from 1952 to 1965. He was the United States Attorney for the District of Arizona from 1965 to 1966.
On September 30, 1966, Copple was nominated by President Lyndon B. Johnson to a new seat on the United States District Court for the District of Arizona created by 80 Statistics
75. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 20, 1966, and received his commission on November 3, 1966. He assumed senior status on November 30, 1983, serving in that capacity until his death, in Cottonwood, Arizona.
Member American Bar Association.
Son of Perry and Euphie (Williams) C. M. Nancy Matson, May 30, 1981. Children by previous marriage– Virginia (Mistress Richard Schilke), Leonard W., Steven D.