Background
Dlott, Susan Judy was born on September 11, 1949 in Dayton, Ohio, United States. Daughter of Herman and Mildred (Zemboch) Dlott.
Dlott, Susan Judy was born on September 11, 1949 in Dayton, Ohio, United States. Daughter of Herman and Mildred (Zemboch) Dlott.
University of Pennsylvania (Bachelor of Arts, 1970). Boston University (Juris Doctor, 1973). Pi Sigma Alpha. Law Clerk to the Honorable Alvin 1.
Krenzler and Jack G. Day, Ohio Court of Appeals, 1973-1974.
Assistant United States. Attorney, Southern District of Ohio, 1975-1979.
Master of the Bench, Potter Stewart Inn of Court. Delegate to the Sixth Circuit Judicial Conference.
Born in Dayton, Ohio, Dlott received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Pennsylvania in 1970 and a Juris Doctor from Boston University School of Law in 1973. She was a law clerk to Alvin Krenzler and Jack Day of the Ohio Court of Appeals from 1973 to 1974, then became an assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio from 1975 to 1979. She entered private practice in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1979 continuing in private practice until 1995.
On August 10, 1995, President Bill Clinton nominated Dlott to a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio vacated by South. Arthur Spiegel.
Dlott was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 22, 1995, and received her commission on December 26, 1995. She served as Chief Judge of the court from 2009 to 2015.
Member Ohio Building Authority, since 1988, vice chairman, 1990-1993, Jewish Federation of Cincinnati, trustee and member committee 1979-1993, Jewish Community Rels. Council of Cincinnati, 1980-1990, Hamilton County Park District Volunteer in Parks, 1985-1986. Member American Bar Association, Kentucky Bar Association, Federal Bar Association (assistant treasurer 1981-1982, treas.1982-1983, secretary 1983-1984, vi.p.
1984-1986), Ohio State Bar Association, Dayton Bar Association, Cincinnati Bar Association, Banker's Club, Greater Cincinnati Women Lawyers Association, 6th Circuit Judicial Conference (life member).
Married Austin E. Knowlton, July 11, 1986 (divorced 1988). Married Stanley M. Chesley, December 7, 1991.