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Miles
Lord was born in the small northern Minnesota town of Crosby in 1919.
He graduated from Crosby-Ironton Junior College and the University of
Minnesota and went on to receive a law degree from the University of
Minnesota in 1948. He then entered private practice, but after several
years turned to public service. He served as Attorney General for the
state of Minnesota from 1954-60 and United States Attorney from
1961-66. In 1966, President Johnson appointed Miles Lord to the Federal
District Court. Judge Lord's judicial career is marked by participation
in some of the most complex and crucial litigation of the past decades.
He has authored milestone opinions on the environment, civil rights,
women's rights, administrative abuse of power, and is perhaps best
known for his work on the Reserve Mining pollution case and the Dalkon
Shield litigation. In addition to naming him "Trial Judge of the Year"
in 1983, the Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA) bestowed
upon Judge Lord its 1984 Presidential Award of Merit in "recognition of
his judicial independence, courage and integrity of purpose and
commitment to our legal system." Since 1985, Miles Lord has been in
private practice, working with a network of select attorneys to protect
individuals' rights in the areas of workers' compensation, automobile
litigation, medical malpractice and criminal law.
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