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James Edward Doyle
Former judge · U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin
James Edward Doyle served on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin. Appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson and confirmed May 21, 1965. ABA rating: Well Qualified.
- Appointed by
- Lyndon B. Johnson
- Confirmed
- May 21, 1965
- ABA rating
- Well Qualified
- Born
- 1915
Appointments
- Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of WisconsinLyndon B. Johnson · May 21, 1965 – Apr 1, 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
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