He was a United States Army Major in the JAG Corps from 1942 to 1945.
[1] Dyer was nominated by President John F. Kennedy on September 1, 1961, to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, to a new seat created by 75 Stat.
[1] Dyer was nominated by President Lyndon B. Johnson on August 16, 1966, to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit vacated by Judge Warren Leroy Jones.
He was reassigned by operation of law to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on October 1, 1981.
His service was terminated on June 7, 1998, due to his death in Miami, Florida.