Dudley Hollingsworth Bowen Jr. (born June 25, 1941) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia.

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Dudley Hollingsworth Bowen Jr.
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia
Incumbent
Assumed office June 25, 2006
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia
In office 1997–2004
Preceded by	Berry Avant Edenfield
Succeeded by	William Theodore Moore Jr.
Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia
In office November 27, 1979 – June 25, 2006
Appointed by	Jimmy Carter
Preceded by	Seat established by 92 Stat. 1629
Succeeded by	Lisa Godbey Wood
Bankruptcy Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia
In office 1973–1975
Personal details
Born	Dudley Hollingsworth Bowen Jr. (1941-06-25) June 25, 1941 (age 82) Augusta, Georgia, U.S.
Spouse	Elsie M. Martin[1]
Education	University of Georgia (AB, LLB)
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	United States Army
Years of service	1966–1968
Rank	First Lieutenant[1]
Unit	Fort Gordon, Georgia[1]

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Bowen was born in Augusta, Georgia, the son of the owner of a local hardware business.^[2] In 1959 he graduated from the Academy of Richmond County.^[3] Thereafter he then attended the Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia in 1959,^[1] and transferred to the University of Georgia where he received an Artium Baccalaureus degree in 1963. He received a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Georgia School of Law in 1965. He was in private practice of law in Augusta from 1965 to 1966. He was in the United States Army as a lieutenant in the infantry from 1966 to 1968. He was in private practice of law in Augusta from 1968 to 1972. He was a Referee in Bankruptcy for the Southern District of Georgia from 1972 to 1973. He was a United States bankruptcy judge for the Southern District of Georgia from 1973 to 1975. He was in private practice of law in Augusta from 1975 to 1979.^[4]

Among Bowen's cases was litigation over the location of protests of the Masters Tournament,^[7] the controversial criminal trial of Charles Walker, the criminal case of spy Otto Attila Gilbert, and the criminal trial of the mayor of Augusta, who was convicted of taking kickbacks.^[8]

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