David George Larimer (born March 3, 1944) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of New York.
David G. Larimer
New York Western District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York
Born 1944 in Rochester, NY
FJC ID: 1344
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 49/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 136/year
New York Western District Court · 1987–2009
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, Rochester, New York1975–1979, 1982–1987
- St. John Fisher CollegeAdjunct instructor of law · 1978–1981
- Supreme Court of the State of New York, Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial DepartmentChief appellant law assistant · 1979–1981
Assistant U.S. attorney · 1973–1975
District of ColumbiaAssistant U.S. attorney · 1970–1973
Law clerk , Hon. Joseph C. McGarraghy · 1969–1970
Appointments
1987–2009 · Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Education
- Notre Dame Law SchoolJ.D. · 1969
- St. John Fisher CollegeB.A. · 1966