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James Edward Doyle
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin · 1965
James Edward Doyle , Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin. James Edward Doyle Sr. (July 6, 1915 – April 1, 1987) was an American lawyer and jurist from Madison, Wisconsin. He served 22 years as a United States district judge for the Western District of Wisconsin, from 1965 until his death in 1987.
Education
- University of WisconsinA.B., 1937
- Columbia Law SchoolLL.B., 1940
Career
Attorney, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1940-1941; Law clerk, Hon. James F. Byrnes, Supreme Court of the United States, 1941-1942; U.S. Naval Reserve lieutenant, 1942-1945; Consultant, U.S. Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion, 1945; Assistant to the counselor, U.S. Department of State, 1945-1946; Assistant U.S. attorney, Western District of Wisconsin, 1946-1948; Private practice, Madison, Wisconsin, 1948-1965; Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 1972-1975
Biography
James Edward Doyle Sr. (July 6, 1915 – April 1, 1987) was an American lawyer and jurist from Madison, Wisconsin. He served 22 years as a United States district judge for the Western District of Wisconsin, from 1965 until his death in 1987.
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