Lawrence E. Kahn
Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1996 and confirmed by voice vote, Lawrence E. Kahn is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York. He earned a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1962. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1937 · age 89
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton, 1996
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Union College 1959 · Harvard Law School 1962
- Succeeded
- Neal Peters McCurn
- Succeeded by
- Glenn T. Suddaby
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Northern District of New York succeeded Neal Peters McCurn | Clinton (D) | Voice vote |
Party letters show the appointing president’s party, not the judge’s own. A voice vote means the chamber approved aloud. No senator-by-senator tally is recorded.
Confirmation vote
Voice vote
The Senate approved this confirmation aloud, with no senator-by-senator tally recorded. Recorded roll-call votes begin in 1989.
Education
| University of Oxford | ||
| Union College | A.B. | 1959 |
| Harvard Law School | J.D. | 1962 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Kahn was assigned 6,103 district-court cases (1974–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 287 days across 5,830 closed cases.
Case assignment is from CourtListener’s PACER-derived docket records: a partial sample, not a complete caseload, reflecting the judge last assigned each case. How we count.
On appeal
Of 307 of Kahn’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 249 were affirmed, 34 reversed or vacated, and 24 affirmed in part and reversed in part. This is a historical count of appellate outcomes for cases we could match, not a judgment of the judge, and not a complete record. How we count.
In our data, Kahn authored 276 published opinions for the court (1997–2011). Most cited: Roat v. Barnhart (152 citations).
A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.
Recent & notable rulings
| Year | Case | Citation | Cited |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Roat v. Barnhart | 717 F. Supp. 2d 241 | 152 |
| 1999 | Lewis v. Apfel | 62 F. Supp. 2d 648 | 45 |
| 2010 | Mortise v. Astrue | 713 F. Supp. 2d 111 | 39 |
| 1997 | Kampfer v. Scullin | 989 F. Supp. 194 | 36 |
| 2009 | Ryan v. Astrue | 650 F. Supp. 2d 207 | 29 |
| 2007 | Shannon v. Verizon New York, Inc. | 519 F. Supp. 2d 304 | 26 |
| 2010 | Webster v. Fischer | 694 F. Supp. 2d 163 | 24 |
| 2008 | Crysler v. Astrue | 563 F. Supp. 2d 418 | 24 |
| 2005 | Dorsett-Felicelli, Inc. v. County of Clinton | 371 F. Supp. 2d 183 | 24 |
| 1998 | Dingwall v. Friedman Fisher Associates, P.C. | 3 F. Supp. 2d 215 | 23 |
| 2010 | Wright v. Genovese | 694 F. Supp. 2d 137 | 22 |
| 2004 | Zdziebloski v. Town of East Greenbush, NY | 336 F. Supp. 2d 194 | 21 |
| 1998 | Connors v. Mills | 34 F. Supp. 2d 795 | 21 |
| 2010 | Donohue v. Paterson | 715 F. Supp. 2d 306 | 20 |
| 1998 | Harley-Davidson, Inc. v. Estate of O'Connell | 13 F. Supp. 2d 271 | 20 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 276 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.
Questions & answers
- Who appointed Lawrence E. Kahn?
- President William J. Clinton appointed Lawrence E. Kahn to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York in 1996.
- Was Lawrence E. Kahn appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Lawrence E. Kahn was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Lawrence E. Kahn's confirmation vote?
- Lawrence E. Kahn was confirmed by voice vote on July 16, 1996. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court is Lawrence E. Kahn on?
- Lawrence E. Kahn is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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30 years on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).