Dan Russell

Dan Russell

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

Years in office: 1983 - 2011

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Years in office: 1965 - 1983

Education

High school

Kempner High School

Bachelor's

University of Mississippi, 1935

Other

University of Texas Health Science Center

Law

University of Mississippi Law Center, 1937

Personal

Birthplace

Magee, MS

Dan Monroe Russell, Jr. was an Article III federal judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi. He joined the court in 1965 after being nominated by President Lyndon Johnson. Russel passed away on April 16, 2011.^[1]

Early life and education

Russell graduated from the University of Mississippi with his bachelor's degree in 1935 and with his law degree in 1937. Russell was a claims adjuster for one year from 1937 to 1938 before entering the legal profession and served on active duty during World War II as a U.S. Naval Intelligence Lieutenant Commander from 1941 to 1945.^[2]

Professional career

Russell spent his entire pre-judicial legal career as a private practice attorney licensed in the State of Mississippi from 1938 to 1941 and from 1945 until his appointment to the federal bench in 1965.^[2]

Judicial nominations and appointments

Southern District of Mississippi

Russell was nominated by President Lyndon Johnson on September 24, 1965, to a seat vacated by Sidney Mize after Mize died while in judicial service. Russell was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on October 1, 1965, and received commission on October 2, 1965. Russell served as the chief judge of the court from 1971 to 1982 before later assuming senior status on October 25, 1983. He served until his death on April 16, 2011.^[2] Russell was succeeded in this position by Tom Lee.

External links

• Judge Russell's Bio from the Federal Judicial Center

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi
Active judges	Chief Judge: Halil Ozerden   •  Henry Wingate  •  Keith Starrett  •  Daniel Jordan  •  Carlton W. Reeves  •  Kristi Johnson  •  Taylor McNeel
Senior judges	David Bramlette  •  Tom Lee (Mississippi)  •  Louis Guirola  •  Keith Starrett  •
Magistrate judges	Michael Parker (Mississippi)  •  Keith Ball  •  Robert Myers (Mississippi)  •  LaKeysha Greer Isaac  •
Former Article III judges	George Adams  •  Samuel Jameson Gholson  •  Robert Andrews Hill  •  Charles Pickering  •  Henry Clay Niles  •  Edwin Ruthven Holmes  •  William Barbour (Mississippi)  •  Walter Gex  •  Dan Russell  •  Sidney Mize  •  James Summer  •  William Harold Cox  •  Walter Nixon  •
Former Chief judges	Henry Wingate  •  William Barbour (Mississippi)  •  Tom Lee (Mississippi)  •  Dan Russell  •  Daniel Jordan  •  Sidney Mize  •  William Harold Cox  •  Walter Nixon  •

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