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Duncan Lawrence Groner

Chief Justice, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit · 1921–1937

Duncan Lawrence Groner , Chief Justice, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Duncan Lawrence Groner (September 6, 1873 – July 17, 1957) was an Associate Justice and later Chief Justice of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Education

  • University of Virginia
  • Washington and Lee University

Career

Private practice, Norfolk, Virginia, 1894-1921; Delegate, Republican National Convention, 1904, 1908, 1912, 1916, 1920; U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, 1910-1913; Member, Conference of Senior Circuit Judges (now Judicial Conference of the United States), 1938-1947

Biography

Duncan Lawrence Groner (September 6, 1873 – July 17, 1957) was an Associate Justice and later Chief Justice of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

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