Edward Cornelius Reed, Jr. (July 8, 1924 – June 1, 2013) was a United States federal judge in the District of
Nevada.
Born in Mason, Nevada, Judge Reed attended public school in Reno. Reed served in the United States Army during World War II, from 1943 to 1946 and was deployed in Europe, achieving the rank of staff sergeant. He saw action in the Philippines and later in Europe, where he was captured by enemy soldiers and imprisoned in Germany during the final year of the war. Following his military service, he received a B.A. from the University of Nevada in 1949, and a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1952. He then became a tax attorney for Arthur Andersen & Co., in Boston, Massachusetts, from 1952 to 1953, and was in private legal practice in Reno, Nevada from 1953 to 1979. Reed served as a Special Deputy Attorney General for water rights litigation in Nevada from 1967 to 1979. In 1979, Reed was nominated by President Jimmy Carter to fill a new judicial seat in the United States District Court for the District of Nevada. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 25, 1979, and received his commission on September 26, 1979. Reed served as Chief Judge for the District of Nevada from 1986 to 1992. He assumed senior status on July 15, 1992 and served until his 2013 death.