Dee D. Drell

Dee Dodson Drell (born November 4, 1947) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, based in Alexandria, the seat of Rapides Parish and the largest city in Central Louisiana. Biography Drell was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, to Theodore Louis Drell, Jr. (1913–2006) and the late Mrs. Drell. The Drells had three other children, Theodore L. Drell, III, Robert L. Drell, and Barbara Drell Allen. Drell obtained both his Bachelor of Arts in anthropology and his Juris Doctor degrees from Tulane University and Tulane University Law School in 1968 and 1971, respectively. Drell served in the United States Army Judge Advocate General's office from 1971 to 1975, based part of the time in Columbus, Georgia. He entered private practice in Alexandria in 1975. Bush nominated him to succeed Judge F. A. Little Jr., of Alexandria. Like Judge Little, Drell was affiliated with the firm Gold, Weems, Bruser, Sues & Rundell prior to joining the bench.