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Charles Mengel Allen
Former judge · U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky
Charles Mengel Allen served on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky. Appointed by Richard M. Nixon and confirmed Nov 23, 1971. ABA rating: Well Qualified.
- Appointed by
- Richard M. Nixon
- Confirmed
- Nov 23, 1971
- ABA rating
- Well Qualified
- Born
- 1916
Appointments
- Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of KentuckyRichard M. Nixon · Nov 23, 1971 – Jan 4, 2000
Education
- Yale UniversityB.A., 1941
- University of Louisville School of Law (now Louis D. Brandeis School of Law)LL.B., 1943
Career
Private practice, 1944-1945; Teacher, Arizona Desert School, Tucson, Arizona, 1945-1946; Private practice, Louisville, Kentucky, 1946-1955, 1959-1961; Assistant U.S. attorney, Western District of Kentucky, 1955-1959; Judge, Jefferson County [Kentucky] Circuit Court, Fourth Chancery Division, 1961-1971; Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 1978-1981
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