Frederic N. Smalkin (born May 21, 1946) is a retired United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland and is currently a professor at the University of Baltimore School of Law, where he was awarded the James A. May award for excellence in teaching and mentoring.
Frederic N. Smalkin
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
Born 1946 in Baltimore, MD
FJC ID: 2209
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 3/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 15/year
Maryland District Court · 1986–2011
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
Lecturer · 1978–present
U.S. Army captain1968–1976- ↳attorney, JAG Corps · 1972–1974
Department of the Army, U.S. Department of DefenseAssistant to the general counsel · 1974–1976- Private practice, Monkton, Maryland1976
Law clerk , Hon. Edward S. Northrop · 1971–1972
Appointments
- 1986–2011 · Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)Term ended: Retirement
Education
- University of Maryland School of Law (now Francis King Carey School of Law)J.D. · 1971
- Johns Hopkins UniversityB.A. · 1968