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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 10, 2016
Governor Mary Fallin Appoints Dawson Engle to Pottawatomie County Associate District Judge Post
OKLAHOMA CITY – Governor Mary Fallin today announced
she is appointing Dawson Engle to serve as Pottawatomie County’s associate
district judge. He will replace Associate District Judge John Gardner, who recently
retired.
Engle, of Shawnee, has served as special judge for
Pottawatomie and Lincoln counties since August 1, 2005.
“Judge Engle has proven he has the acumen and
temperament necessary to be a successful judge,” said Fallin. “I’m certain he
will continue to put his skills to good use in serving the people of
Pottawatomie County.”
Engle graduated from Oklahoma State University in 1995
with a degree in business. He earned his law degree from the University of
Oklahoma in 1998, and began working in the district attorney’s office in
McClain County.
He was a prosecutor in Pottawatomie and Oklahoma
counties from 2000 to 2003 and worked in private practice for two years before earning
his initial appointment to the bench in 2005.
In 2011, Engle earned
the Lincoln County Domestic Violence Advocate of the Year award from Project
Safe.
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