David Dudley Dowd Jr. (January 31, 1929 – August 4, 2016) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio in Akron, Ohio.
David Dudley Dowd Jr.
Born 1929 in Cleveland, OH
Died 2016 in FL
FJC ID: 642
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 16/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 51/year
Ohio Supreme Court · 1980–1981Ohio Northern District Court · 1982–2016
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
Board member · 1988–1992- Private practice, Canton, Ohio1981–1982
- Ohio Supreme CourtJustice · 1980–1981
- Court of Appeals of Ohio, Fifth Appellate DistrictJudge · 1975–1980
- Private practice, Massillon, Ohio1954–1955, 1957–1975
- Stark County, OhioProsecutor · 1967–1975
- Stark County, OhioAssistant prosecutor · 1961–1967
- Massillon, OhioCouncilman-at-large · 1960
U.S. Army1955–1957
Appointments
1982–2016 · Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
- The College of Woosterba
J.D. · 1954- College of WoosterB.A. · 1951