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Lester LeFevre Cecil

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1953–1959

Lester LeFevre Cecil , Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Lester LeFevre Cecil (November 21, 1893 – November 26, 1982) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and previously was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.

Education

  • University of Michigan Law SchoolLL.B., 1917

Career

Private practice, Dayton, Ohio, 1917-1918, 1918-1922; U.S. Army sergeant, 1918; City prosecutor, Dayton, Ohio, 1922-1925; Judge, Dayton [Ohio] Municipal Court, 1926-1929; Judge, Montgomery County [Ohio] Court of Common Pleas, 1929-1953; Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 1962-1963

Biography

Lester LeFevre Cecil (November 21, 1893 – November 26, 1982) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and previously was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.

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