Fred Irving Parker (February 2, 1938 – August 12, 2003) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Vermont.
Fred I. Parker
Second Circuit Court of Appeals
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont
Born 1938 in Boston, MA
Died 2003 in Burlington, VT
FJC ID: 1835
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 7/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 99/year
Vermont District Court · 1990–1994Second Circuit Court of Appeals · 1994–2003
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, Burlington, Vermont1966–1969, 1982–1990
- Private practice, Middlebury, Vermont1972–1982
State of VermontDeputy attorney general · 1969–1972- Private practice, Boston, Massachusetts1965–1966
U.S. Marine Corps Reserve1955–1962
Appointments
1994–2003 · Appointed by William J. Clinton (Democratic)Term ended: Death
1990–1994 · Appointed by George H.W. Bush (Republican)Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Education
- Georgetown College (now Georgetown University) Law CenterJ.D. · 1965
- University of MassachusettsB.A. · 1962