Gregory Kent Frizzell

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Gregory Kent Frizzell
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma
In office
March 14, 2012 – March 14, 2019
Preceded byClaire Eagan
Succeeded byJohn E. Dowdell
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma
Assumed office
February 2, 2007
Appointed byGeorge W. Bush
Preceded bySven Erik Holmes
Personal details
Born (1956-12-13) December 13, 1956 (age 67)[1]
Wichita, Kansas, U.S.
ParentKent Frizzell
EducationUniversity of Tulsa (BA)
University of Michigan (JD)

Gregory Kent Frizzell (born December 13, 1956) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma.

Education and career

Born in Wichita, Kansas, Frizzell received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Tulsa in 1981 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Michigan Law School in 1984. He was a law clerk for Judge Thomas Rutherford Brett of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma from 1984 to 1986, thereafter entering private practice in Tulsa, Oklahoma from 1986 to 1995, and then serving as general counsel to the Oklahoma Tax Commission from 1995 to 1997. From 1997 to 2007, he served as a judge of Oklahoma's 14th Judicial District.

Federal judicial service

On January 9, 2007, Frizzell was nominated by President

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
. His term as chief judge concluded on March 14, 2019.

References

  1. ^ "CONFIRMATION HEARINGS ON FEDERAL APPOINTMENTS" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. September 12, 2006. p. 231. Retrieved July 24, 2021.

Sources

Legal offices
Preceded by Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma
2007–present
Incumbent
Preceded by Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma
2012–2019
Succeeded by