Girard Edward Kalbfleisch (August 3, 1899 – April 1, 1990) was a

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of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.

Education and career

Born in Piqua,

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, Kalbfleisch received a

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from the Warren G. Harding College of Law (now the Claude W. Pettit College of Law) at Ohio Northern University in 1923 where he was a member of

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fraternity. He was in private practice in

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, Ohio from 1924 to 1929. He was prosecuting attorney of Richland County, Ohio from 1929 to 1933. He was in private practice in Mansfield from 1933 to 1936. He was a municipal judge for Mansfield from 1936 to 1943. He was a Common Pleas Judge for Richland County from 1943 to 1959.

Federal judicial service

Kalbfleisch was nominated by President

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on August 21, 1959, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio vacated by Judge Paul Charles Weick. He was confirmed by the

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on September 14, 1959, and received his commission on September 21, 1959. He served as Chief Judge from 1967 to 1969. He assumed

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on September 30, 1970. Kalbfleisch served in that capacity until his death on April 1, 1990.

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