David Norman Hurd (born May 9, 1937) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York.
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 32/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 91/year
New York Northern District Court · 1999–
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, Utica, New York1963–1991
- Oneida County, New YorkAssistant district attorney (part-time) · 1966–1967
Appointments
1999–2024 · Appointed by William J. Clinton (Democratic)
Education
J.D. · 1963- Cornell UniversityB.S. · 1959