David Lynn Russell Explained

David Lynn Russell
Office:Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma
Term Start:July 7, 2013
Office1:Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma
Term Start1:1994
Term End1:2001
Predecessor1:Lee Roy West
Successor1:Robin J. Cauthron
Office2:Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma
Term Start2:December 17, 1981
Term End2:December 1, 1990
Appointer2:Ronald Reagan
Predecessor2:Frederick Alvin Daugherty
Successor2:Seat abolished
Office3:Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma
Term Start3:December 17, 1981
Term End3:July 7, 2013
Appointer3:Ronald Reagan
Predecessor3:Frederick Alvin Daugherty
Successor3:Patrick Wyrick
Office4:United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma
Term Start4:1981
Term End4:1982
President4:Ronald Reagan
Predecessor4:Larry Patton
Successor4:John Green
Term Start5:1975
Term End5:1977
President5:Jimmy Carter
Predecessor5:Bill Burkett
Successor5:John Green
Birth Date:7 July 1942
Birth Place:Sapulpa, Oklahoma, U.S.
Education:Oklahoma Baptist University (BS)
University of Oklahoma (JD)

David Lynn Russell (born July 7, 1942) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma and a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma and the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma. He served as the United States attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma from 1975 to 1977 and again from 1981 to 1982.

Education and career

Russell was born in Sapulpa, Oklahoma. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from Oklahoma Baptist University in 1963 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Oklahoma College of Law in 1965. He was in the United States Navy, JAG Corps, from 1965 to 1968, continuing to serve as a reservist until 1971 and achieving the rank of lieutenant commander. He was an assistant attorney general of the State of Oklahoma from 1968 to 1969, and was then a legal advisor to Governor Dewey Bartlett from 1969 to 1971. He entered private practice in Oklahoma City from 1971 to 1972, but when Bartlett was elected to the United States Senate, Russell became his chief legislative assistant from 1972 to 1975. Russell was then the United States attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma from 1975 to 1977, returning to private practice in Oklahoma City from 1979 to 1981, but again serving in the United States attorney post from 1981 to 1982.

Federal judicial service

On December 4, 1981, Russell was nominated by President Ronald Reagan to a joint seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma, and United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma, vacated by Judge Frederick Alvin Daugherty. Russell was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 16, 1981, and received his commission on December 17, 1981. On December 1, 1990, he was reassigned by operation of law to serve on only the Western District of Oklahoma, where he served as Chief Judge from 1994 to 2001. He assumed senior status on July 7, 2013.

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