Donald J. Stohr
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Donald Julius Stohr (March 9, 1934 – December 10, 2015) was a United States District Judge.
Born in Sedalia, Missouri, Stohr received a B.S. from Saint Louis University in 1956 and a J.D. from Saint Louis University School of Law in 1958. He was in private practice in St. Louis, Missouri from 1958 to 1962. He was a First assistant county counselor, St. Louis County, Missouri from 1963 to 1965. He was a St. Louis county counselor from 1965 to 1966. He was in private practice in St. Louis, Missouri from 1966 to 1973. He was the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri from 1973 to 1976. He was in private practice in St. Louis, Missouri from 1976 to 1992.[1]
Stohr was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. Stohr was nominated by President George H. W. Bush on November 14, 1991, to a new seat created by 104 Stat. 5089. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on April 8, 1992, and received his commission on April 13, 1992. He assumed senior status on December 31, 2006, serving in that status until his death on December 10, 2015, in Ladue, Missouri.[2]
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- Donald J. Stohr at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
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Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri 1992–2006 |
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- Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
- 1934 births
- 2015 deaths
- People from Sedalia, Missouri
- Judges of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
- Saint Louis University alumni
- Saint Louis University School of Law
- United States district court judges appointed by George H. W. Bush
- United States Attorneys for the Eastern District of Missouri