Raner Christercunean Collins, District of Arizona
Judge Raner Collins, of Tucson, Arizona, received his undergraduate degree from Arkansas Polytechnic College in 1973, and his J.D. degree from the University of Arizona College of Law in 1975. Judge Collins served as a law clerk from 1975 to 1976, and trial attorney from 1975 to 1981, for the Pima County Attorney's Office. He was a City Magistrate for the City of Tucson from 1981 to 1983, a County Attorney with the Pima County Attorney's Office from 1983 to 1985, and a Pima County Superior Court Judge Pro Tempore from 1985 to 1988. Since 1988, Judge Collins has served as a Superior Court Judge for Pima County.
Bill Clinton nominated May 11, 1998 Raner C. Collins to serve as a United States District Court Judge for the District of Arizona.