David Aldrich Nelson
David Aldrich Nelson | |
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| Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit | |
| In office October 1, 1999 – October 1, 2010 | |
| Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit | |
| In office October 17, 1985 – October 1, 1999 | |
| Appointed by | Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | Seat established by 98 Stat. 333 |
| Succeeded by | Jeffrey Sutton |
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| Born | David Aldrich Nelson August 14, 1932 ) |
David Aldrich Nelson (August 14, 1932 – October 1, 2010) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
Early life
Born at
Education and military service
Nelson received his
Later career
Admitted to partnership in Squire, Sanders & Dempsey in 1967, Nelson resigned in 1969 to accept appointment by President Richard Nixon as General Counsel of the Post Office Department. Postmaster General Winton M. Blount awarded Nelson the Department's Benjamin Franklin award for his work on what became the Postal Reorganization Act of 1970. After the enactment of that legislation, Nelson became Senior Assistant Postmaster General and General Counsel of the newly established United States Postal Service. Nelson rejoined his former law firm in 1972.[1]
Federal judicial service
On September 9, 1985, President Ronald Reagan nominated Nelson to a new seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit created by 98 Stat. 333. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 16, 1985, and received his commission on October 17, 1985. As a United States Circuit Judge, Nelson served two terms on the Criminal Law Committee of the Judicial Conference of the United States. He assumed senior status on October 1, 1999; because of his gradually deteriorating health, he closed his courthouse chambers in 2006.[1]
Other service
Nelson was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, a Life Fellow of the Ohio State Bar Foundation, and a Sergeant Emeritus of the Court of Nisi Prius in Cleveland. He served as a member of the National Council of the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, a trustee of Hamilton College, and a director of Blount, Inc.. He was a director of the Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization, based in Clinton, New York, which sponsors an annual lecture on constitutional law in his honor. In 2011, his son, Caleb Nelson, a Professor of Law at the University of Virginia, delivered the lecture.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d "Nelson, David Aldrich - Federal Judicial Center". www.fjc.gov.
- ^ Thresher, Ian (September 20, 2011). "UVA Law Professor Caleb Nelson Discusses Common Law". Hamilton College News. Retrieved May 11, 2017.
Sources
- David Aldrich Nelson at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- Segall, Grant (October 7, 2010). "U.S. Appeals Judge David Aldrich Nelson started his legal career in Cleveland". The Plain Dealer (Cleveland). Retrieved May 11, 2017.
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