Gregory Lynn Frost is a United States federal judge

United States federal judge

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Born in Newark, Ohio

Newark, Ohio

In addition, the remains of a road leading south from the Octagon have been documented and explored. It was first surveyed in the 19th century, when its walls were more apparent. Called the Great Hopewell Road, it may extend to the Hopewell complex at Chillicothe, Ohio...

, Frost received a B.A.

Bachelor of Arts

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 from Wittenberg University

Wittenberg University

Wittenberg University is a private four-year liberal arts college in Springfield, Ohio serving 2,000 full-time students representing 37 states and approximately 30 foreign countries...

 in 1971 and a J.D.

Juris Doctor

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 from Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law in 1974. He was an Assistant prosecuting attorney of Licking County Prosecuting Attorney's Office, Ohio from 1974 to 1978. He was in private practice in Ohio

Ohio

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 from 1978 to 1983. He was a judge on the Licking County Municipal Court, Ohio from 1983 to 1990. He was a judge on the Licking County Common Pleas Court, Ohio from 1990 to 2003.

Frost currently sits as a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

The United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio is one of two United States district courts in Ohio and includes forty-eight of the state's eighty-eight counties. Appeals from the court are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit at Cincinnati The...

. Frost was nominated by President George W. Bush

George W. Bush

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 on January 7, 2003, to a seat vacated by George C. Smith. He was confirmed by the United States Senate

United States Senate

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 on March 10, 2003, and received his commission on March 11, 2003.

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