Damon Jerome Keith (July 4, 1922 – April 28, 2019) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and a former United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
Damon Jerome Keith
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
Born 1922 in Detroit, MI
Died 2019 in Detroit, MI
FJC ID: 1244
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- African American
Prior employment
- Judicial Conference of the United StatesMember · 1975–1978
- Private practice, Detroit, Michigan1950–1967
- Wayne County [Michigan] Friend of the CourtAttorney · 1951–1955
U.S. Army1943–1946
Appointments
1977–2019 · Appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)Term ended: Death
1967–1977 · Appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Education
LL.M. · 1956
LL.B. · 1949- West Virginia State CollegeB.A. · 1943