Susan J. Dlott
| Susan J. Dlott | |
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| Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio | |
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In office 2009–2015 |
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| Preceded by | Sandra Beckwith |
| Succeeded by | Edmund A. Sargus Jr. |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio | |
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Assumed office December 26, 1995 |
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| Appointed by | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | S. Arthur Spiegel |
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September 11, 1949 Dayton, Ohio |
| Spouse(s) | Stanley M. Chesley |
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University of Pennsylvania B.A. Boston University School of Law J.D. |
Susan J. Dlott (born September 11, 1949) is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.
Dlott was born in Dayton, Ohio, on September 11, 1949, to Russian immigrant parents. Dlott received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1970 and a Juris Doctor from Boston University School of Law in 1973.
She was a law clerk to Alvin Krenzler and Jack Day of the Ohio Court of Appeals from 1973 to 1974, then became an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio from 1975 to 1979. She entered private practice in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1979. In 1981, Dlott became the first female partner at Graydon Head & Ritchey, a Cincinnati law firm.
On August 10, 1995, President Bill Clinton nominated Dlott to a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio vacated by S. Arthur Spiegel. Dlott was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 22, 1995, and received her commission on December 26, 1995. She served as chief judge of the court from 2009 to 2015.
Dlott approved a landmark Cincinnati anti-racial profiling agreement in 2002.
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