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David Lynn Russell
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma. Senior status since July 7, 2013.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Ronald Reagan
- Nominated
- December 4, 1981
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- December 11, 1981
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), December 15, 1981
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- December 16, 1981
- Commissioned
- December 17, 1981
- Senior status
- Since July 7, 2013
- American Bar Association rating
- Qualified
Born 1942, 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.
All judges of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma
Earlier federal judicial service
- Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma. Appointed by Ronald Reagan; commissioned ; confirmed by voice vote. Service ended December 1, 1990: Reassignment.
- Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma. Appointed by Ronald Reagan; commissioned ; confirmed by voice vote. Service ended December 1, 1990: Reassignment.
Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- U.S. Naval Reserve lieutenant commander, 1965-1971 (active duty, 1965-1968); law specialist, 1965-1967; JAG Corps, 1967-1971
- Assistant attorney general, State of Oklahoma, 1968-1969
- Legal advisor, Gov. Dewey Bartlett, Oklahoma, 1969-1971
- Private practice, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1971-1972, 1979-1981
- Chief legislative assistant, U.S. Sen. Dewey Bartlett of Oklahoma, 1972-1975
- U.S. attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma, 1975-1977, 1981-1982
- Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 2003-2006
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