Miles Lord
| Miles Lord | |
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| Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota | |
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In office 1981–1985 |
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| Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota | |
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In office April 28, 1966 – July 1, 1985 |
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| Appointed by | Lyndon B. Johnson |
| Preceded by | Dennis F. Donovan |
| Succeeded by | David S. Doty |
| Attorney General of Minnesota | |
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In office January 3, 1955 – May 4, 1960 |
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| Preceded by | Joseph A. A. Burnquist |
| Succeeded by | Walter Mondale |
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Miles Welton Lord November 6, 1919 Dean Lake, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Died | December 10, 2016 (aged 97) Eden Prairie, Minnesota |
| Children | Jim, Priscilla, Miles Jr., Virginia |
| Alma mater |
University of Minnesota University of Minnesota Law School |
| Profession | Judge, attorney |
Miles Welton Lord (November 6, 1919 – December 10, 2016) was a federal judge, appointed to the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota by President Lyndon B. Johnson on February 10, 1966 to fill the vacancy left by Judge Dennis F. Donovan. He served as chief judge on the district court from 1981 to 1985 and retired in September 1985. He then practiced law in Minnesota.
Lord was born in Dean Lake, Minnesota. He received his bachelor's degree from the University of Minnesota in 1946 and his law degree from University of Minnesota Law School in 1948. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps from 1944 to 1945 and served as an Assistant U.S. attorney for the District of Minnesota in 1951. He became Minnesota’s Attorney General from 1955 to 1960 and a full U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota from 1961 until his appointment to the Federal bench in 1966 by President Lyndon Johnson. Judge Lord was the founding attorney of Lord & Associates Law Office.
He lived in Chanhassen, Minnesota. His son Jim served in the Minnesota State Senate and as Minnesota State Treasurer and died on June 6, 2008. He also has a daughter, Priscilla Lord Faris, who ran against satirist Al Franken in the Democratic Party primary in 2008 for the Senate seat held by Norm Coleman. Miles Lord, Jr. (Mick) served as a top assistant to State Auditor Robert W. Mattson, Jr. and later managed the business affairs of the Miles Lord & Associates law office prior to his death on April 12, 2012. Miles' youngest daughter, Virginia, is a lawyer and real estate agent for Coldwell Banker Burnet in Wayzata, Minnesota. Lord died on December 10, 2016 in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.
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