Susan J. Dlott

Susan J. Dlott
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
In office 2009–2015
Preceded by	Sandra Beckwith
Succeeded by	Edmund A. Sargus Jr.
Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
Incumbent
Assumed office December 26, 1995
Appointed by	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	S. Arthur Spiegel
Personal details
Born	September 11, 1949 Dayton, Ohio, U.S.
Spouse(s)	Stanley M. Chesley
Alma mater	University of Pennsylvania (B.A.) Boston University School of Law (J.D.)

Susan J. Dlott (born September 11, 1949) is a United States federal judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.

Born in Dayton, Ohio, Dlott received a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1970 and a J.D. 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 S. 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.

Personal life

Dlott's first husband was builder and developer Austin Eldon Knowlton. Her second and current husband is trial lawyer Stanley M. Chesley.

In 2004 Chesley purchased what is believed to be the most expensive single-family home listed in Greater Cincinnati, Ohio. The home includes six bedrooms, seven full bathrooms, custom chandeliers, wine cellar, two four-car garages with apartments on top and 27,000 square feet (2,500 m²) of living space. The French chateau style home sits on 5.3 acres (21,000 m²) nestled into 300 acres (1.2 km²) of private green space.^[1]

Judge Dlott's $11.9 million mansion was invaded by, in her words, "three black men with guns" on December 4, 2015. Her husband was thrown down the stairs and suffered broken vertebrae, pelvis and ribs. She escaped to a neighbor's house to call for the police. ^[2]

References

1. "Indian Hill property has 27,000 square feet, listed at $11.9M," Cincinnati.com (2009-12-16)
2. Julie O'Neill, "Federal Judge Susan Dlott made chilling 911 call after 3 gunmen attacked her, husband Stan Chesley" (December 7, 2015).

External links

• Susan J. Dlott at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
• Profile of Susan J. Dlott from the Southern District of Ohio website
• Profile of Susan J. Dlott from the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit website