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Lawrence K. Karlton
American judge (1935–2015)
For those of a similar name, see Lawrence Carlton (disambiguation).
Lawrence K. Karlton (May 28, 1935 – July 11, 2015) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California in Sacramento, California.[1]
Education and career
Born in Brooklyn, New York in 1935, Karlton received a Juris Doctor from Columbia Law School in 1958, at the age of 23.
Biography judge karlton lawrence ks
He was in the United States Army from 1958 to 1960 as a private (E-2), and was a Civilian legal officer at the Sacramento Army Depot from 1960 to 1962. He was in private practice in Sacramento, California from 1962 to 1976, and also litigated civil liberties cases as a volunteer lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union.
He was appointed by California Governor Jerry Brown as a judge of the Superior Court of California, where he served from 1976 to 1979.[2][3]
Federal judicial service
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