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Digitized from Box 24 of the White House Press Releases at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
APRIL 14, 1976
Office of the White House Press Secretary
NOTICE TO THE PRESS
The President today announced his intention to nominate Richard A. Revell,
of Louisville, Kentucky to be a United States District Judge for the Western
District of Kentucky. He will succeed James F. Gordon who retired
effective January 1, 1976.
Since December 1975, Mr. Revell has been Judge of the Chancery Branch,
Fourth Division, of the Jefferson Circuit Court in Louisville, Kentucky.
A biographical sketch is attached.
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RICHARD A. REVELL
Born:
May 7, 1931
Hagerstown, Maryland
Legal Residence:
Kentucky
Marital Status:
Married
Wife--Margaret Ruth Heldman
3 children
Education:
1949-1952
University of Louisville
1954-1957
B.S.-1955; J.D.-1957
1951-1952
University of Kentucky
Bar:
1957
Kentucky
Military Service:
1952-1954
United States Army
Experience:
1957
General Practice of Law
1958-1970
Booth & Booth
1963-1970
Judge, Jefferson County Juvenile Court
1970-1971
Dicter and Revell
1971
Judge, Common Pleas Branch
Jefferson Circuit Court
1971 to present
Judge, Chancery Branch, Fourth Division
Jefferson Circuit Court
Office:
1001 Fiscal Court Building
Louisville, Kentucky 40202