John Duross Fitzpatrick[1] (October 19, 1934 – January 6, 2008) was an American lawyer and jurist who served as United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia.
[2] He attended high school in Cochran, Georgia, and then Sewanee: The University of the South before serving in the United States Marine Corps from 1954 to 1957.
Thereafter, he received a Bachelor of Science in Finance from the University of Georgia in 1961 and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Georgia School of Law in 1966.
[3][4] He married Beverly O'Connor on March 17, 1963, and they would have two sons.
[2] On November 14, 1985, Fitzpatrick was nominated by President Ronald Reagan to a new seat on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, created by 98 Stat.