Gregory Kent Frizzell

American judge (born 1956)

Gregory Kent Frizzell (born December 13, 1956) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma .

Education and career

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Frizzell was born in Wichita, Kansas . He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Tulsa in 1981 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Michigan Law School in 1984. He was a law clerk for Judge Thomas Rutherford Brett of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma from 1984 to 1986, thereafter entering private practice in Tulsa, Oklahoma from 1986 to 1995, and then serving as general counsel to the Oklahoma Tax Commission from 1995 to 1997. From 1997 to 2007, he served as a judge of Oklahoma's 14th Judicial District.

Federal judicial service

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On January 9, 2007, Frizzell was nominated by President George W. Bush to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma vacated by Sven Erik Holmes . Frizzell was confirmed by the United States Senate on February 1, 2007, and received his commission on February 2, 2007. He was elevated to chief judge on March 14, 2012, succeeding Judge Claire Eagan , who had been appointed to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court . His term as chief judge concluded on March 14, 2019. Frizzell assumed senior status on March 1, 2025.

References

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1. ↑ "CONFIRMATION HEARINGS ON FEDERAL APPOINTMENTS" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. September 12, 2006. p. 231. Retrieved July 24, 2021.

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   Gregory Kent Frizzell at the _Biographical Directory of Federal Judges _, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center .

Sources

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• Gregory Kent Frizzell at the _Biographical Directory of Federal Judges _, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center .

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