James Connell

Nonpartisan

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio

Years in office: 1971 - 1973

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Years in office: 1954 - 1971

Education

Law

John Marshall School of Law, Cleveland, Ohio, 1918

Personal

Birthplace

Cleveland, OH

James C. Connell (1897-1973) was afederal judge on theUnited States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.

Connell was nominated by PresidentDwight Eisenhower on June 24, 1954, to a new seat created by 68 Stat. 8; he was confirmed by the Senate on August 10, 1954, and received his commission onAugust 11th. He served aschief judge from 1960-1967. He assumedsenior status onSeptember 21, 1971, and served in that capacity until his death onOctober 30, 1973.^[1]

Early life and education

• John Marshall School of Law, Cleveland, Ohio,LL.B, 1918^[1]

Professional career

• Private practice, Cleveland,Ohio, 1918-1922
• Assistant police prosecutor, City of Cleveland,Ohio, 1922-1923
• Assistant county prosecutor, Cuyahoga County,Ohio, 1923-1928
• Private practice, Cleveland,Ohio, 1928-1941
• Judge, Court of Common Pleas of Cuyahoga County,Ohio, 1941-1954^[1]

Judicial nominations and appointments

Northern District of Ohio

Connell was nominated by PresidentDwight Eisenhower on June 24, 1954, to a new seat created by 68 Stat. 8; he was confirmed by the Senate on August 10, 1954, and received his commission onAugust 11th. He served aschief judge from 1960-1967. He assumedsenior status onSeptember 21, 1971, and served in that capacity until his death onOctober 30, 1973.^[1]

External links

• James Connell's Biography from theFederal Judicial Center

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
Active judges	Chief Judge: Sara Lioi  •  John R. Adams (United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio judge)  •  Benita Pearson  •  Pamela A. Barker  •  Jeffrey J. Helmick  •  James Knepp (Ohio)  •  David A. Ruiz (Ohio)  •  Philip Calabrese  •  Bridget Brennan  •  Charles Fleming (Ohio)
Senior judges	James G. Carr (Ohio)  •  Christopher Boyko  •  Peter Economus  •  James Gwin  •  Donald Nugent  •  Solomon Oliver  •  Dan Polster  •  Jack Zouhary  •  Patricia Gaughan  •
Magistrate judges	William Baughman  •  Thomas Parker (Ohio)  •  Jonathan D. Greenberg  •  Darrell Clay  •  Amanda Knapp  •  Carmen Henderson  •
Former Article III judges	Ann Aldrich  •  Sam Bell (Ohio)  •  David Dowd  •  David Katz (Ohio)  •  Lesley Wells  •  Kathleen M. O'Malley  •  Alice Batchelder  •  Robert Krupansky  •  Leroy Contie  •  Hiram V. Willson  •  Charles Taylor Sherman  •  Martin Welker  •  Augustus Ricks  •  Francis Joseph Wing  •  Robert Walker Tayler  •  William Louis Day  •  John Milton Killits  •  John Hessin Clarke  •  David Westenhaver  •  Paul Jones (Ohio)  •  George Philip Hahn  •  Frank Kloeb  •  George White (Ohio)  •  Frank Battisti  •  James Connell  •  Emerich Freed  •  Ben Green  •  Girard Kalbfleisch  •  Alvin Krenzler  •  Thomas Lambros  •  John Manos  •  Paul Matia  •  Charles McNamee  •  Richard McQuade  •  William K. Thomas (Ohio federal judge)  •  Nicholas Walinski  •  Samuel West  •  Robert Wilkin  •  Don Young (Ohio)  •  Paul Weick  •
Former Chief judges	James G. Carr (Ohio)  •  Solomon Oliver  •  Paul Jones (Ohio)  •  Frank Kloeb  •  George White (Ohio)  •  Frank Battisti  •  James Connell  •  Girard Kalbfleisch  •  Thomas Lambros  •  Paul Matia  •  Charles McNamee  •  Patricia Gaughan  •

v • e Federal judges nominated byDwight Eisenhower
1953	Boldt •Bruchhausen •Cecil •Dawkins, Jr. •Grooms •Hamlin •Hoffman •Knoch •Schnackenberg •Warren •Willson
1954	Aldrich •Anderson •Bastian •Bicks •Bootle •Boreman •Breitenstein •Brooks •Cecil •Chambers •Choate •Christensen •Connell •Danaher •Dawson •Day •Fee •Freeman •Halbert •Harlan •Hincks •Hoffman •Holder •Hunter •Ingraham •Laramore •Kent •Lemmon •Lord •McGarraghy •Mickelson •Miller •Palmieri •Parkinson •Rogers •Ross •Stewart •Taylor •Thomsen •Tuttle •Van Oosterhout •Vogel •Walsh •Whittaker •Wilson
1955	Alger •Brown •Cameron •Clarke •Davies •Devitt •East •Estes •Grubb •Harlan •Jertberg •Jones •Lumbard •McIlvaine •Miller •Register •Sorg •Van Dusen •Waterman •Watkins •Wortendyke • Wright
1956	Barnes •Bryan •Burger •Cashin •Hamley •Herlands •Johnson •Juergens •Kerr •Kraft •Levet •Lewis •Lieb •Mercer •Morgan •Rich •Rizley •Robinson •Smith •Sobeloff •Weick •Whittaker
1957	Arraj •Breitenstein •Brennan •Egan •Gignoux •Grant •Hastings •Haynsworth •Hicklin •Jameson •Layton •Moore •O'Sullivan •Parkinson •Richardson •Sirica •Stanley •Thompson •Van Pelt •Weber •Whittaker •Wisdom •Zavatt
1958	Beck •Burke •Carswell •Clayton •Hamlin •Henley •Jertberg •Knoch •Martin •Matthes •Miner •Morrill •Poos •Robson •Stanley •Steel •Stewart •Wollenberg
1959	Aldrich •Bartels •Blackmun •Boreman •Butler •Castle •Cecil •Crocker •Dalton •Field •Fisher •Forman •Friendly •Hart •Henderson •Henley •Julian •Kalbfleisch •Kilkenny •Koelsch •Kunzel •MacMahon •Merrill •Metzner •Powell •Smith •Sweigert •Walsh •Weick •Weinman •Wood •Worley •Young
1960	Caffrey •Chilson •Durfee •Hodge •Kaess •Lane •Lewis •Mishler •O'Sullivan •Paul •Smith •Stephenson •Tavares •Timbers