Alan David Lourie (born January 13, 1935) is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 49/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 1,188/year
Federal Circuit Clerk/Executive · 1990–Federal Circuit Court of Appeals · 1990–
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- SmithKline Beecham CorporationCounsel · 1964–1990
- Wyeth Labs, Radnor, PennsylvaniaScientist/chemist/patent agent · 1959–1964
- Monsanto CorporationChemist · 1957–1959
Appointments
1990–present · Appointed by George H.W. Bush (Republican)- 1990–present
Education
- Temple University School of Law (now James E. Beasley School of Law)J.D. · 1970
- University of PennsylvaniaPh.D. · 1965
- University of WisconsinM.S. · 1958
- Harvard CollegeA.B. · 1956