Arthur F. Lederle
Arthur F. Lederle (November 25, 1887 – April 29, 1972) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. Education and career Born in Leland, Michigan, Lederle graduated from Eastern Michigan College in 1909, and received a Bachelor of Laws from Detroit College of Law (now the Michigan State University College of Law) in 1915, a Master of Laws from the University of Detroit School of Law (now the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law) in 1923, and an honorary Legum Doctor (Doctor of Laws) from Wayne State University in 1952. He was an attendance officer for the Board of Education of Detroit, Michigan from 1914 to 1920, and then a supervisor for that city's Compulsory Education Department until 1923. He was an assistant city attorney of City of Detroit, Michigan from 1923 to 1933 and from 1934 to 1936. He was a special assistant state attorney general of Michigan from 1933 to 1934. He was a professor at Wayne State University Law School from 1927 to 1946. Federal judicial service On February 20, 1936, Lederle was nominated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to a seat on the United States