Dee D. Drell
| Dee Dodson Drell | |
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| Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana | |
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Assumed office October 15, 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Robert G. James |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana | |
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Assumed office April 10, 2003 |
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| Appointed by | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | F. A. Little Jr. |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Dee Dodson Drell November 4, 1947 New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Political party | Republican |
| Relations | Cleveland Dear (great-uncle by marriage) |
| Education |
Tulane University B.A. Tulane University Law School J.D. |
Dee Dodson Drell (born November 4, 1947) is the Chief United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, based in Alexandria, the seat of Rapides Parish and the largest city in Central Louisiana. Drell was nominated by U.S. President George W. Bush on January 15, 2003, confirmed by the United States Senate, 99-0, on April 9, received his commission on April 10, and had his investiture ceremony on May 30.
Drell was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, to Theodore Louis Drell, Jr. (1913–2006) and the late Mrs. Drell. The Drells had three other children, Theodore L. Drell, III, Robert L. Drell, and Barbara Drell Allen. Drell obtained both his Bachelor of Arts in anthropology and his Juris Doctor degrees from Tulane University and Tulane University Law School in 1968 and 1971, respectively.
Drell served in the United States Army Judge Advocate General's office from 1971–1975, based part of the time in Columbus, Georgia. He entered private practice in Alexandria in 1975. Bush nominated him to succeed Judge F. A. Little Jr., of Alexandria. Like Judge Little, Drell was affiliated with the firm Gold, Weems, Bruser, Sues & Rundell prior to joining the bench.
Drell has been active in state and local bar associations, and he assisted the state bar with attorney disciplinary matters. He was a board member of the Family Mediation Council of Louisiana from 1986-1992 and a member of the Rapides Parish Indigent Defender Board from 1987 to 1994. He served on a state task force on racial and ethnic fairness in the courts. He is a member of Kiwanis International.
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