Gregory Lynn Frost (born April 17, 1949) is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.

Education and career

Born in

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, Ohio, Frost received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Wittenberg University in 1971 and a

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from the

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at Ohio Northern University in 1974. He was an Assistant prosecuting attorney of

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Prosecuting Attorney's Office, Ohio from 1974 to 1978, entering private practice in Ohio from 1978 to 1983. He was a judge on the Licking County Municipal Court from 1983 to 1990, and on the Licking County Common Pleas Court from 1990 to 2003.

District court service

On January 7, 2003, Frost was nominated by President

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to a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio vacated by

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. Frost was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 10, 2003, and received his commission on March 11, 2003. He retired on May 2, 2016.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Frost, Gregory Lynn 1949 births Living people Ohio state court judges Judges of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio United States district court judges appointed by George W. Bush 21st-century American judges Wittenberg University alumni Claude W. Pettit College of Law alumni People from Newark, Ohio