Alan Eugene Norris (born August 15, 1935) is a Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 26/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 508/year
Ohio Court of Appeals · 1980–1986Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1986–2001
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
- Court of Appeals of Ohio, Tenth Appellate DistrictJudge · 1980–1986
- Private practice, Westerville, Ohio1962–1980
- OhioState representative · 1967–1980
- Otterbein CollegeInstructor · 1976–1980
- Private practice, Columbus, Ohio1961–1962
- Supreme Court of OhioLaw clerk , Hon. Kingsley A. Taft · 1960–1961
Appointments
1986–2001 · Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Education
- Otterbein Universityba
- Polytechnic Institute of New York Universityjd
LL.M. · 1986
LL.B. · 1960- Otterbein CollegeB.A. · 1957