Frank Albert Kaufman (March 4, 1916 – July 31, 1997) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland.
Frank Albert Kaufman
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
Born 1916 in Baltimore, MD
Died 1997 in Baltimore, MD
FJC ID: 1230
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 10/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 109/year
Maryland District Court · 1966–1997
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
- Judicial Conference of the United StatesMember · 1985–1991
- Private practice, Baltimore, Maryland1945–1966
Lecturer · 1948–1962
Lecturer · 1953–1954
Psychological Warfare Department, U.S. ArmyConsultant · 1951–1953- Leaflet Division, Psychological Warfare Division, Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary ForceChief · 1944–1945
- U.S. Foreign Economic AdministrationAssistant to the general counsel · 1945
- Psychological Warfare Board, Allied Force HeadquartersAssistant to the chief · 1943–1944
- Lend-Lease programRepresentative in Turkey · 1942–1943
- Office of the General Counsel, Office of Lend-Lease AdministrationAttorney · 1941–1942
Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Department of the TreasuryAttorney · 1940–1941
Appointments
1966–1997 · Appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
LL.B. · 1940- Dartmouth CollegeA.B. · 1937