Background
Kalbfleisch, Girard Edward was born on August 3, 1899 in Piqua, Ohio, United States. Son of Oscar Conrad and Magdalena Margaret (Gerstmeyer) Kalbfleisch.
Kalbfleisch, Girard Edward was born on August 3, 1899 in Piqua, Ohio, United States. Son of Oscar Conrad and Magdalena Margaret (Gerstmeyer) Kalbfleisch.
Bachelor of Laws, Ohio Northern University, Ada, 1923. Doctor of Laws, Ohio Northern University, Ada, 1960.
Born in Piqua, Ohio, Kalbfleisch received an LL.B. from Ohio Northern University, Pettit College of Law in 1923. He was in private practice in Mansfield, Ohio from 1924 to 1929. He was a Prosecuting attorney of Richland County, Ohio from 1929 to 1933.
He was in private practice in Mansfield, Ohio from 1933 to 1936. He was a Municipal judge, Mansfield, Ohio from 1936 to 1943. He was a Common Pleas Judge, Richland County, Ohio from 1943 to 1959.
Kalbfleisch was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 14, 1959, and received his commission on September 21, 1959. He served as chief judge from 1967-1969.
He assumed senior status on September 30, 1970. Kalbfleisch served in that capacity until his death.
Served with S.A.T.C., 1918. Fellow Ohio State Bar Foundation. Member American Bar Association, Federal Bar Association, Ohio Bar Association, Richland County Bar Association, Society Benchers Case Western Reserve University Law School.
Married Chattie Lenora Spohn, May 1, 1929. Married second, Mary Elizabeth Walker Hien, December 23, 1986.