Arthur Jeffrey Tarnow (February 3, 1942 – January 21, 2022) was an American jurist who served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
Arthur J. Tarnow
Michigan Eastern District Court
Born 1942 in Detroit, MI
Died 2022 in Detroit, MI
FJC ID: 2773
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 13/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 53/year
Michigan Eastern District Court · 1998–2022
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
- Private practice, Michigan1973–1998
- Foundation Appellate Defender, State of MichiganAttorney · 1970–1972
- Legal Aid and Defenders Association of Detroit [Michigan]Chief deputy defender · 1969–1970
- University of Papua New GuineaLecturer · 1967–1968
- Hon. Louis McGregor, and Hon. Timothy Quinn, Michigan Court of AppealsLaw clerk , Hon. John Fitzgerald · 1967
Appointments
1998–2022 · Appointed by William J. Clinton (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
J.D. · 1965- Wayne State UniversityB.A. · 1963