Robert Dorsey Watkins (September 23, 1900 – March 19, 1986) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland.

Robert Dorsey Watkins
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland
In office
August 11, 1971 – March 19, 1986
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland
In office
1970
Preceded byRoszel Cathcart Thomsen
Succeeded byEdward Skottowe Northrop
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland
In office
August 12, 1955 – August 11, 1971
Appointed byDwight D. Eisenhower
Preceded byWilliam Caldwell Coleman
Succeeded byJoseph H. Young
Personal details
Born
Robert Dorsey Watkins

(1900-09-23)September 23, 1900
Baltimore, Maryland
DiedMarch 19, 1986(1986-03-19) (aged 85)
Catonsville, Maryland
EducationJohns Hopkins University (A.B., Ph.D.)
University of Maryland School of Law (LL.B.)

Education and career

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Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Watkins received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from Johns Hopkins University in 1922. He received a Doctor of Philosophy from the same institution in 1925. He received a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Maryland School of Law in 1925. He was a lecturer for Johns Hopkins University from 1923 to 1965. He was a lecturer for the University of Maryland School of Law from 1925 to 1968. He was in private practice of law in Baltimore from 1925 to 1955 and was a named partner in the firm of Piper, Watkins, Avirett & Egerton, which merged with Marbury, Miller & Evans to form Piper & Marbury in 1952.[1][2]

Federal judicial service

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Watkins received a recess appointment from President Dwight D. Eisenhower on August 12, 1955, to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Maryland vacated by Judge William Caldwell Coleman. He was nominated to the same seat by President Eisenhower on January 12, 1956. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 1, 1956, and received his commission the next day. He served as Chief Judge in 1970. He assumed senior status on August 11, 1971. His service was terminated on March 19, 1986, due to his death in Catonsville, Maryland.[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Rulison, Larry (April 5, 2002). "Piper dropping the 'Marbury' name". Baltimore Business Journal. Retrieved September 9, 2013.
  2. ^ a b Robert Dorsey Watkins at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

External sources

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Legal offices
Preceded by Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland
1955–1971
Succeeded by
Preceded by Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland
1970
Succeeded by