Winston E. Arnow

Who was Winston E. Arnow?

Winston Eugene Arnow was an American lawyer and judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida. He presided over the Gainesville Eight trial.

Arnow was born in Micanopy, Florida, near Gainesville. Arnow received his Bachelor of Business Administration degree from University of Florida in 1932 and his J.D. from the University of Florida College of Law in 1933. He briefly entered private practice in Gainesville from 1933 before taking a statistical position with the Federal Emergency Relief Administration in Florida from 1933 to 1934. Arnow served as a law clerk to the Florida Supreme Court in Tallahassee from 1934 to 1935.

Arnow returned to private practice in Gainesville from 1935 to 1942. From 1940 to 1942 he served as a municipal judge of the City of Gainesville from 1940 to 1942 before serving in the United States Army in the Judge Advocate General's Corps as a major from 1942 to 1946, during World War II. Arnow resumed his position as a Gainesville municipal judge from 1946 to 1949 before returning to private practice.

President Lyndon B. Johnson nominated Arnow to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida on November 29, 1967, to a new seat created by 80 Stat. 75. Confirmed by the Senate on December 7, 1967, he received commission the same day.