Background
Strauss, John T. was born on August 13, 1943 in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, United States.
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John T. Strauss
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Loras College; The Ohio State University (Bachelor of Arts, with honors, 1964). University of Georgia (Bachelor of Laws, 1968).
Career
Worked at Strauss & Walker, P.C. (Covington, Georgia) specializing in General Practice, with emphasis upon Business Practice and Litigation, Personal Injury, Domestic Relations and Criminal. Admitted to the bar, 1967, Georgia. 1969, United States. Claims Court.
1970, District of Columbia, United States. District Court, District of Columbia and United States. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
1980, United States. District Court, Middle District of Georgia and United States. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. 1984, United States. District Court, Northern District of Georgia.
1989, United States. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. 1994, United States. Supreme Court. Phi Alpha Delta. Member, Editorial Board, Georgia Law Review, 1966-1968.
Author: Note and Comment, Georgia Law Review, 1966 and 1967. Lecturer and Director, University of Georgia Legal Aid & Defender Society, 1970-1971. Adjunct Professor, Litigation, Emory University School of Law, 1973-1976.
Clerk, Judge Linton Collins, United States. Court of Claims, 1968-1969. Member, 1965-1968 and President, 1967-1968, University of Georgia Legal Aid and Defender Society.
Assistant United States. Attorney, District of Columbia (Acting Deputy Division Chief), 1969-1970. Assistant District Attorney, Clarke County, Georgia, 1970-1971.
Assistant Director, Prosecuting Attorneys Council of Georgia, 1971-1972. District Attorney, Alcovy Judicial Circuit, 1972-1977, 1981-1984. Member and Vice Chairman, Governor's Advisory Committee on Crime & Punishment, 1983-1989.
Member: Rockdale and Alcovy Circuit (President, 1979-1980) Bar Associations. State Bar of Georgia. John Strauss entered private practice in 1977 after a number of years as a prosecutor and district attorney, leaving a partnership to establish his own practice in 1980.
He was shortly thereafter joined by Michael Walker, who left a position as assistant district attorney. Mr. Walker maintained the firm practice during the period 1981 through 1984 when John Strauss was again appointed as district attorney and since that time the firm has been known by its present name.
Membership
Member, Editorial Board, Georgia Law Review, 1966-1968.
