John Duross Fitzpatrick (October 19, 1934 – January 6, 2008) was an American lawyer and jurist who served as
United States district judge of the
United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia.
Education and career
Fitzpatrick was born in
Macon, Georgia
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, the son of Mark W. and Jane L. (née Duross) Fitzpatrick.
He attended high school in
Cochran, Georgia, and then
Sewanee: The University of the South before serving in the
United States Marine Corps from 1954 to 1957. Thereafter, he received a
Bachelor of Science in Finance
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from the
University of Georgia in 1961 and a
Bachelor of Laws from the
University of Georgia School of Law in 1966. He was in private practice in Macon from 1966 to 1967, and then in Cochran until 1986.
He married Beverly O'Connor on March 17, 1963, and they would have two sons.
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Federal judicial service
On November 14, 1985, Fitzpatrick was nominated by President Ronald Reagan
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to a new seat on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, created by 98 Stat. 333. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 16, 1985, and received his commission on December 17, 1985. He served as Chief Judge from 1995 to 2001, assuming senior status on February 1, 2001, and serving in that capacity until his death, in Jeffersonville, Georgia.
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1934 births
2008 deaths
Judges of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia
United States district court judges appointed by Ronald Reagan
20th-century American judges
United States Marines
Lawyers from Macon, Georgia
People from Jeffersonville, Georgia