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William Odis Bertelsman
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky. Senior status since February 1, 2001.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Jimmy Carter
- Nominated
- October 11, 1979
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- November 8, 1979
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), November 20, 1979
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- November 26, 1979
- Commissioned
- November 27, 1979
- Senior status
- Since February 1, 2001
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1936, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it.
Source: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges · This judge’s entry. Our copy saved October 16, 2026, fingerprint 92b677f26553b479.
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Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- Private practice, Newport, Kentucky, 1962-1979
- U.S. Army captain, 1963-1964
- Lecturer, University of Cincinnati College of Law, 1965-1972
- Adjunct professor of law, Salmon P. Chase College of Law, 1989-
- Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 2005-2006
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