David Lynn Russell (born July 7, 1942) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma and a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma and the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma. He served as the United States attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma from 1975 to 1977 and again from 1981 to 1982.
David Lynn Russell
Oklahoma Eastern District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma
Born 1942 in Sapulpa, OK
FJC ID: 2073
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Judicial Conference of the United StatesMember · 2003–2006
U.S. attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma1975–1977, 1981–1982- Private practice, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma1971–1972, 1979–1981
- U.S. Sen. Dewey Bartlett of OklahomaChief legislative assistant · 1972–1975
- Gov. Dewey Bartlett, OklahomaLegal advisor · 1969–1971
- State of OklahomaAssistant attorney general · 1968–1969
- 1965-1971 (active duty, 1965-1968)U.S. Naval Reserve lieutenant commander
- ↳law specialist · 1965–1967
- ↳JAG Corps · 1967–1971
Appointments
1981–1990 · Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)Term ended: Reassignment
1981–1990 · Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)Term ended: Reassignment
1981–2013 · Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Education
J.D. · 1965- Oklahoma Baptist UniversityB.S. · 1963