Gregory Kent Frizzell

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Gregory Kent Frizzell
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma
In office
March 14, 2012 – March 14, 2019
Preceded byClaire Eagan
Succeeded byJohn E. Dowdell
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma
Assumed office
February 2, 2007
Appointed byGeorge W. Bush
Preceded bySven Erik Holmes
Personal details
Born
Gregory Kent Frizzell

(1956-12-13) December 13, 1956 (age 65)[1]
Wichita, Kansas
Parent(s)Kent Frizzell
EducationUniversity of Tulsa (BA)
University of Michigan Law School (JD)
Known forsitting on a decision and refusing to declare a verdict on a suit against the Poultry industry regarding runoff into the Illinois River and tributaries. He has refused to make a decision for over a decade.

Gregory Kent Frizzell (born December 13, 1956) is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma.

Education and career[]

Born in Wichita, Kansas, Frizzell received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Tulsa in 1981 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Michigan Law School in 1984. He was a law clerk for Judge Thomas Rutherford Brett of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma from 1984 to 1986, thereafter entering private practice in Tulsa, Oklahoma from 1986 to 1995, and then serving as general counsel to the Oklahoma Tax Commission from 1995 to 1997. He was a District judge, 14th Judicial District, State of Oklahoma from 1997 to 2007.

Federal judicial service[]

On January 9, 2007, Frizzell was nominated by President George W. Bush to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma vacated by Sven Erik Holmes. Frizzell was confirmed by the United States Senate on February 1, 2007, and received his commission on February 2, 2007. He was elevated to Chief Judge on March 14, 2012, succeeding Judge Claire Eagan, who had been appointed to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. His term as Chief Judge concluded on March 14, 2019.

References[]

  1. ^ "CONFIRMATION HEARINGS ON FEDERAL APPOINTMENTS" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. September 12, 2006. p. 231. Retrieved July 24, 2021.

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Legal offices
Preceded by Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma
2007–present
Incumbent
Preceded by Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma
2012–2019
Succeeded by
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