David Dudley Dowd, Jr.
Male, Person
1929 –
Who is David Dudley Dowd, Jr.?
David Dudley Dowd Jr. is a United States federal judge in Akron, Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Dowd received a B.A. from College of Wooster in 1951 and a J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School in 1954. He was in private practice in Massillon, Ohio from 1954 to 1955. He was in the United States Army from 1955 to 1957 with the Judge Advocate General's Corps, returning to private practice in Massillon from 1957 to 1975. He was a Councilman-at-large for the City of Massillon in 1960, and an assistant prosecuting attorney of Stark County, Ohio from 1961 to 1967, and prosecuting attorney of Stark County, Ohio 1967-1975. He was defeated in the Republican Primary for Ohio Attorney General in 1974. He was a judge on the Ohio Fifth District Court of Appeals from 1975 to 1980. He was a Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court from 1980 to 1981. He was in private practice in Canton, Ohio from 1981 to 1982.
On August 24, 1982, was nominated by President Ronald Reagan to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio vacated by Leroy John Contie, Jr. Dowd was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 22, 1982, and received his commission the following day, taking up a duty station with chambers in Akron. He assumed senior status on June 30, 1996.
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- Born
- 1929
Cleveland - Also known as
- David Dudley Dowd
- Education
- The College of Wooster
- Bachelor of Arts
- University of Michigan Law School
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on July 23, 2013
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