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Clyde S. Cahill Jr.

Former judge · U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Clyde S. Cahill Jr. served on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. Appointed by Jimmy Carter and confirmed May 21, 1980. ABA rating: Qualified.

Appointed by
Jimmy Carter
Confirmed
May 21, 1980
ABA rating
Qualified
Born
1923

Appointments

  • Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of MissouriJimmy Carter · May 21, 1980 – Aug 18, 2004

Education

  • St. Louis UniversityB.S., 1949
  • St. Louis University School of LawJ.D., 1951

Career

U.S. Army, Air Corps, 1942-1946; Private practice, St. Louis, Missouri, 1951-1954, 1961-1965; Assistant circuit attorney, St. Louis, Missouri, 1954-1961; Special assistant circuit attorney, St. Louis, Missouri, 1961-1964; Chief legal advisor, Missouri NAACP, 1958-1965; Regional attorney, U.S. Office of Economic Opportunity, Kansas City, Missouri, 1966-1968; General manager, Human Development Corporation, St. Louis, Missouri, 1968-1972; Executive director/general counsel, Legal Aid Society of St. Louis, Missouri, 1972-1975; Judge, Circuit Court of Missouri, Twenty-Second Judicial Circuit, 1975-1980

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From the Federal Judicial Center’s biographical directory of federal judges.

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