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Dennis Raymond Knapp

Dennis Raymond Knapp

West Virginia Southern District Court

Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia

Born 1912 in Bee, WV

Died 1998 in South Charleston, WV

FJC ID: 1292

Dennis Raymond Knapp (May 13, 1912 – December 25, 1998) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia.

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Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. Court of Common Pleas of Kanawha County [West Virginia]
    Judge · 1957–1970
  2. Private practice, Nitro, West Virginia
    1940–1942, 1946–1956
  3. Nitro, West Virginia
    City attorney · 1948–1956
  4. U.S. Army sergeant
    1944–1946
  5. U.S. Department of War
    Attorney · 1942–1944

Appointments

  1. West Virginia Southern District Court
    U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West VirginiaChief Judge
    1970–1998 · Appointed by Richard M. Nixon (Republican)
    Term ended: Death

Education

  1. West Virginia University College of Law
    LL.B. · 1940
  2. West Virginia University
    M.A. · 1934
  3. New River State College (now West Virginia Institute of Technology)
    A.B. · 1932