Dorwin Suttle

Dorwin Suttle

Nonpartisan

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the Western District of Texas

Years in office: 1979 - 2001

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Years in office: 1964 - 1979

Education

Law

University of Texas School of Law, 1928

Personal

Birthplace

Indiana

Dorwin Wallace Suttle (1906-2001) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas.

Suttle was nominated to the Western District of Texas by President Lyndon Johnson on April 11, 1964, to a seat vacated by Ben Rice; he was confirmed by the Senate on June 30, 1964, and received commission on July 2, 1964. He served the Western District of Texas until his death on September 29, 2001.^[1] Suttle was succeeded in this position by Clyde Shannon.

Early life and education

• University of Texas School of Law, LL.B., 1928^[1]

Professional career

• Private practice, Uvalde, Texas, 1928-1964
• City attorney, Uvalde, Texas, 1929
• County attorney, Uvalde, Texas, 1929-1936
• Clerk to Vice President John Nance Garner, 1937-1941
• City attorney, Uvalde, Texas, 1937-1941
• U.S. Navy, World War II^[1]

Judicial nominations and appointments

Western District of Texas

Suttle was nominated to the Western District of Texas by President Lyndon Johnson on April 11, 1964, to a seat vacated by Ben Rice; he was confirmed by the Senate on June 30, 1964, and received commission on July 2, 1964. He served the Western District of Texas until his death on September 29, 2001.^[1] Suttle was succeeded in this position by Clyde Shannon.

External links

• Judge Suttle's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
Active judges	Chief Judge: Alia Moses   •  Samuel Biery  •  Xavier Rodriguez  •  Kathleen Cardone  •  Orlando Garcia  •  Jason Pulliam  •  David Counts  •  Robert Pitman  •  Leon Schydlower  •  Alan Albright  •  Ernesto Gonzalez (Texas)
Senior judges	David Briones  •  Frank Montalvo  •  Robert Junell  •  David Alan Ezra  •  James Nowlin  •  David Guaderrama  •
Magistrate judges	Victor Garcia  •  Jeff Manske  •  Collis White  •  Robert Castaneda  •  Anne Teresa Berton  •  Mark Lane (Texas)  •  Miguel Torres (Texas)  •  Henry J. Bemporad  •  Elizabeth Chestney  •  David Fannin  •  Dustin Howell  •  Richard Farrer  •  Ronald C. Griffin  •  Susan Hightower (Texas)  •
Former Article III judges	Thomas Howard DuVal  •  Ezekiel Turner  •  Edward Prado  •  Emilio Garza  •  Thomas Sheldon Maxey  •  William Robert Smith  •  Walter Smith Jr.  •  Harry Hudspeth  •  Sam Sparks  •  Earl Yeakel  •  Philip Martinez  •  William Furgeson  •  DuVal West  •  Charles Albert Boynton  •  Robert Johnston McMillan  •  William Steele Sessions  •  Lucius Bunton  •  Hipolito Garcia  •  Ernest Guinn  •  Walter Keeling  •  Ben Rice  •  Jack Roberts (Texas)  •  Clyde Shannon  •  Adrian Spears (Texas district court judge)  •  Dorwin Suttle  •  Robert Thomason  •  William Thornberry  •  John Wood (Texas)  •
Former Chief judges	Walter Smith Jr.  •  Harry Hudspeth  •  William Steele Sessions  •  Lucius Bunton  •  James Nowlin  •  Ben Rice  •  Jack Roberts (Texas)  •  Adrian Spears (Texas district court judge)  •

v • e Federal judges nominated by Lyndon Johnson
1964	Anderson • Bratton • Christie • Collins • Cowen • Davis • Ely • Freedman • Gordon • Higginbotham • McNichols • Muecke • Nichols • Port • Rabinovitz • Robinson • Simons • Suttle • Weber • Whelan • Zampano
1965	Bryant • Celebrezze • Coffin • Coleman • Collinson • Corcoran • Doyle • Eubanks • Fortas • Frankel • Gasch • Gibson • Gordon • Harris • Hemphill • Hill • Hunter • Landis • Langley • Leventhal • Maxwell • McEntee • Mehrtens • Nichol • Reynolds • Russell • Smith • Tamm • Thornberry • Young
1966	Ainsworth • Atkins • Boyle • Cabot • Cassibry • Copple • Craven • Cummings • Dyer • Fairchild • Feinberg • Ferguson • Fullam • Garrity • Godbold • Goldberg • Goodwin • Gray • Guinn • Harvey • Hauk • Heaney • Heebe • Hickey • Hogan • Kaufman • Kinneary • Krentzman • Lay • Leddy • Lord • Lynch • MacKenzie • Mansfield • McCree • McRae • Mitchell • Motley • Napoli • Nichols • Noland • Peck II • Peckham • Pettine • Pittman • Porter • Real • Roberts • Robinson • Robinson • Rubin • Russell • Scott • Seals • Seitz • Simpson • Singleton • Skelton • Smith • Smith • Taylor • Thomas • von der Heydt • Watson • Winter • Wise
1967	Arnow • Beckworth • Belloni • Butzner • Cancio • Carter • Clayton • Combs • Comiskey • Curtin • Eaton • Edenfield • Fernandez-Badillo • Gesell • Gordon • Jones • Keith • Kellam • Lambros • Maletz • Marshall • Masterson • Merhige • Morgan • Murray • Neville • Pollack • Pregerson • Theis • Troutman • Van Dusen • Waddy • Weiner • Weinstein • Whipple • Williams
1968	Aldisert • Baldwin • Bownes • Bright • Green • Gubow • Henderson • Holloway • Hufstedler • Judd • Justice • Keady • Kerner, Jr. • Lasker • Latchum • Lawrence • McMillan • Morgan • Newman • Nixon • Pratt • Re • Rosenstein • Schwartz • Smith • Stahl • Travia • Woodward