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William Blakely Jones

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William Blakely Jones
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
In office
March 20, 1977 – July 31, 1979
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
In office
1975–1977
Preceded byGeorge Luzerne Hart Jr.
Succeeded byWilliam B. Bryant
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
In office
April 12, 1962 – March 20, 1977
Appointed byJohn F. Kennedy
Preceded byF. Dickinson Letts
Succeeded byLouis F. Oberdorfer
Personal details
Born
William Blakely Jones

(1907-03-20)March 20, 1907
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, U.S.
DiedJuly 31, 1979(1979-07-31) (aged 72)
Chevy Chase, Maryland, U.S.
EducationUniversity of Notre Dame (A.B.)
Notre Dame Law School (LL.B.)

William Blakely Jones (March 20, 1907 – July 31, 1979) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.

Education and career

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Born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Jones received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from the University of Notre Dame in 1928 and a Bachelor of Laws from Notre Dame Law School in 1931. He was in private practice in Helena, Montana from 1931 to 1937, also serving as a special assistant state attorney general of Montana from 1935 to 1937. He was an attorney for the United States Department of Justice from 1937 to 1943, and in the United States Office of Patents and Appeals in 1943, becoming an executive assistant to the American Chairman of the Joint British-American Patent Interchange Commission from 1943 to 1946. He returned to private practice in Washington, D.C., from 1946 to 1962.[1]

Federal judicial service

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On March 19, 1962, Jones was nominated by President John F. Kennedy to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia vacated by Judge F. Dickinson Letts. Jones was confirmed by the United States Senate on April 11, 1962, and received his commission on April 12, 1962. He served as Chief Judge and as a member of the Judicial Conference of the United States from 1975 to 1977, assuming senior status on March 20, 1977, and serving in that capacity until his death on July 31, 1979.[1]

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Legal offices
Preceded by Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
1962–1977
Succeeded by
Preceded by Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
1975–1977
Succeeded by