Charles Mengel Allen

Charles Mengel Allen (born November 22, 1916 in Louisville , Kentucky , †  January 4, 2000 there ) was an American lawyer . After his appeal by President Richard Nixon , he served as a federal judge in the federal district court for the western district of Kentucky from 1971 .

Career

After graduating from school, Charles Allen attended Yale University , where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1941 . This was followed by the Bachelor of Laws at the School of Law at the University of Louisville in 1943. He then practiced initially as a lawyer, before he was a teacher at a school in Tucson ( Arizona ) from 1945 to 1946 . He then returned to his private law practice in Louisville, which he ran with a four-year hiatus until 1961. From 1955 to 1959, he was the assistant federal attorney for the western district of Kentucky. In 1961, he became a judge at the Jefferson County Registry Court .

On November 17, 1971, Allen was appointed Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky by President Nixon to succeed Henry Luesing Brooks . After confirmation by the US Senate on November 23, he was able to take office seven days later. From 1977 to 1985 he served as Chief Judge of that federal court , succeeding the late Clifton Rhodes Bratcher . On October 1, 1985, he switched to senior status and thus effectively retired. His seat fell to Charles Ralph Simpson ; Edward Huggins Johnstone took over the presidency of the court . He died in Louisville on January 4, 2000.

Web links

• Charles Mengel Allen at The Political Graveyard
• Charles Mengel Allen in the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges