Timothy D. Leonard (born 1940) is a

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of the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma.

Education and career

Leonard was born in

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. He received a

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degree from the

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in 1962 and a

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from the

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in 1965. He was in the

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Lieutenant Commander, JAG Corps from 1965 to 1968. He was a United States Naval Reserve Lieutenant from 1968 to 1972. He was an assistant state attorney general of Oklahoma from 1969 to 1971. He was in private practice in

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in 1971. He was in private practice in Beaver from 1971 to 1988. He was a member of the

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from 1988 to 1989. He was the

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for the Western District of Oklahoma from 1989 to 1992.

Federal judicial service

Leonard was nominated by President

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on November 20, 1991, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma vacated by Judge Layn R. Phillips. He was confirmed by the

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on August 11, 1992, and received his commission on August 12, 1992. He assumed senior status on August 21, 2006.

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Education and career

Federal judicial service

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