David Folsom (born March 12, 1947) is a retired United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.
David Folsom
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
Born 1947 in Murfreesboro, AR
FJC ID: 774
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 5/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 17/year
Texas Eastern District Court · 1995–2012
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, Texarkana, Texas1974–1995
- Lafayette County, ArkansasDeputy prosecutor · 1978–1981
Appointments
1995–2012 · Appointed by William J. Clinton (Democratic)Term ended: Retirement
Education
J.D. · 1974- University of ArkansasB.A. · 1969