Frank Xavier Altimari (September 4, 1928 – July 19, 1998) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and previously was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
Frank X. Altimari
Second Circuit Court of Appeals
Born 1928 in Queens, NY
Died 1998 in Old Westbury, NY
FJC ID: 35
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 8/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 210/year
New York Eastern District Court · 1982–1985Second Circuit Court of Appeals · 1985–1998
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
- Supreme Court of the State of New YorkJustice · 1974–1982
- Supreme Court of the State of New YorkAdministrative judge of all courts · 1982
- Nassau County [New York] Court1969–1973, 1981
- ↳acting judge · 1969–1970
- ↳judge · 1970–1973
- ↳administrative judge · 1973, 1981
- Nassau County, New YorkSupervising judge of criminal courts · 1981
- Nassau County [New York] Surrogate's CourtActing surrogate · 1975–1977
- St. Francis CollegeProfessor of law · 1954–1963, 1972–1973
- Nassau County [New York] District CourtJudge · 1966–1970
- Private practice, Jamaica, New York1951–1965
- Westbury, New YorkBoard of Education
- ↳member · 1959–1962
- ↳attorney · 1963–1965
Appointments
1985–1998 · Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)Term ended: Death
1982–1985 · Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Education
LL.B. · 1951- St. Francis College1948