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John Edward Dowdell
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma. Senior status since June 21, 2021.
Confirmed 95 to 0Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama
- Nominated
- February 29, 2012
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- May 9, 2012
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), June 7, 2012
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 95 to 0
- Confirmed
- December 11, 2012
- Commissioned
- December 12, 2012
- Senior status
- Since June 21, 2021
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1955, 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
- Law clerk, Hon. William J. Holloway, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, 1981-1983
- Private practice, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1983-2012
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