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American judge
Girard Edward Kalbfleisch
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
In office
September 30, 1970 – April 1, 1990
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
In office
1967–1969
Preceded byJames C. Connell
Succeeded byFrank J. Battisti
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
In office
September 21, 1959 – September 30, 1970
Appointed byDwight D. Eisenhower
Preceded byPaul Charles Weick
Succeeded byNicholas Joseph Walinski Jr.
Personal details
BornGirard Edward Kalbfleisch
(1899-08-03)August 3, 1899
Piqua, Ohio
DiedApril 1, 1990(1990-04-01) (aged 90)
EducationClaude W. Pettit College of Law (LL.B.)

Girard Edward Kalbfleisch (August 3, 1899 – April 1, 1990) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.

Education and career

Born in Piqua, Ohio, Kalbfleisch received a Bachelor of Laws from the Warren G. Harding College of Law (now the Claude W. Pettit College of Law) at Ohio Northern University in 1923 where he was a member of Sigma Pi fraternity. He was in private practice in Mansfield, Ohio from 1924 to 1929. He was prosecuting attorney of Richland County, Ohio from 1929 to 1933. He was in private practice in Mansfield from 1933 to 1936. He was a municipal judge for Mansfield from 1936 to 1943. He was a Common Pleas Judge for Richland County from 1943 to 1959.

Federal judicial service

Kalbfleisch was nominated by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on August 21, 1959, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio vacated by Judge Paul Charles Weick. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 14, 1959, and received his commission on September 21, 1959. He served as Chief Judge from 1967 to 1969. He assumed senior status on September 30, 1970. Kalbfleisch served in that capacity until his death on April 1, 1990.

References

  1. Mertze, Merle H. (January 1921). "Zeta Chapter, Ohio Northern University" (PDF). The Emerald of Sigma Pi. Vol. 7, no. 4. pp. 351–353. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ Girard Edward Kalbfleisch at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

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Preceded byPaul Charles Weick Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
1959–1970 		Succeeded byNicholas Joseph Walinski Jr.
Preceded byJames C. Connell Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
1967–1969 		Succeeded byFrank J. Battisti
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