Warren Leroy Jones
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Warren Leroy Jones (July 2, 1895 – November 11, 1993) was a United States federal judge.
Born in Gordon, Nebraska, Jones received an LL.B. from the University of Denver College of Law in 1924. He was a Deputy district attorney of County of Denver, Colorado from 1922 to 1924. He was in private practice in Denver, Colorado in 1925, and then in Jacksonville, Florida until 1955.
Jones was a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Jones was nominated by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on March 4, 1955, to a seat vacated by Louie Willard Strum. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on April 19, 1955, and received his commission on April 21, 1955. He assumed senior status on February 17, 1966. Jones served in that capacity until October 1, 1981, due to assignment to another court.
Jones was a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. He was reassigned on October 1, 1981; Jones served in that capacity until his death, in Jacksonville, Florida.
Sources
- Warren Leroy Jones at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
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Preceded by | Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit 1955–1966 |
Succeeded by David W. Dyer |
- Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
- 1895 births
- 1993 deaths
- Judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- Judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- United States court of appeals judges appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower