Frederick James Scullin Jr. (born November 5, 1939) is an American lawyer who serves as a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York.
Frederick James Scullin Jr.
New York Northern District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York
Born 1939 in Syracuse, NY
FJC ID: 2133
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 26/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 59/year
New York Northern District Court · 1992–2006
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 · 2001–2004
U.S. attorney for the Northern District of New York1982–1992
-U.S. Army Reserve colonel · 1991- Private practice, Syracuse, New York1967–1968, 1980–1982
- governor's council for prosecution of organized crime, State of FloridaChief prosecutor · 1978–1980
- Organized Crime Task Force, State of New YorkSpecial assistant attorney general · 1971–1978
- Onondaga County, New YorkAssistant district attorney · 1968–1971
- InfantryU.S. Army commander · 1964–1966
Appointments
1992–2006 · Appointed by George H.W. Bush (Republican)
Education
LL.B. · 1964- Niagara UniversityB.S. · 1961