James C. Connell

James C. Connell (September 20, 1897 – October 30, 1973) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. Education and career Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Connell received a Bachelor of Laws from John Marshall School of Law (now Cleveland–Marshall College of Law) in Cleveland in 1918. He was in private practice of law in Cleveland from 1918 to 1922. He was an assistant police prosecutor for the City of Cleveland from 1922 to 1923 and was an assistant county prosecutor of Cuyahoga County, Ohio from 1923 to 1928. He was in private practice of law in Cleveland from 1928 to 1941. He was a judge to the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas from 1941 to 1954. Federal judicial service