David Dudley Dowd, Jr.

David Dudley Dowd Jr.
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
In office
June 30, 1996  August 4, 2016
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
In office
September 23, 1982  June 30, 1996
Appointed by Ronald Reagan
Preceded by Leroy John Contie, Jr.
Succeeded by Dan A. Polster
Associate Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court
In office
July 31, 1980  January 1, 1981
Appointed by Jim Rhodes
Preceded by Thomas M. Herbert
Succeeded by Clifford F. Brown
Personal details
Born (1929-01-31)January 31, 1929
Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Died August 4, 2016(2016-08-04) (aged 87)
Florida, U.S.
Nationality American
Political party Republican
Spouse(s) Joyce
Children 1 daughter
3 sons
Alma mater College of Wooster
University of Michigan
Profession Senior Judge

David Dudley Dowd Jr. (January 31, 1929 – August 4, 2016) was a United States District Judge in Akron, Ohio.

Biography

Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Dowd received a Bachelor of Arts from College of Wooster in 1951 and a Juris Doctor 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,[1] 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.[1] 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.

Federal judicial service

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, serving that status until his death on August 4, 2016, in Florida, though he had stopped hearing cases in 2014. [2][3]

Personal

Dowd had a spouse named Joyce, and they had a daughter and three sons.[1]

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Legal offices
Preceded by
Leroy John Contie, Jr.
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
1982–1996
Succeeded by
Dan A. Polster
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