Frederic Block (born June 6, 1934) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. He was appointed to the federal bench in 1994, and took senior status in 2005.
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 10/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 33/year
New York Eastern District Court · 1994–2005
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
- Touro Law SchoolAdjunct professor · 1992–present
- Private practice, Smithtown, New York1977–1979, 1981–1983, 1985–1994
- Private practice, Port Jefferson, New York1962–1968, 1974–1977, 1979–1981, 1983–1985
- Private practice, Centereach, New York1968–1974
- Private practice, Patchogue, New York1961–1962
- Supreme Court of the State of New York, Appellate DivisionClerk · 1959–1961
Appointments
1994–2005 · Appointed by William J. Clinton (Democratic)
Education
LL.B. · 1959- Indiana UniversityA.B. · 1956