George Cheney Pratt (May 22, 1928 – December 8, 2025) was a United States federal judge who served on the District Court for the Eastern District of New York and on the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. In 2013, he was listed as a NAFTA adjudicator.
George Cheney Pratt
Second Circuit Court of Appeals
Born 1928 in Corning, NY
Died 2025 in Syosset, NY
FJC ID: 1929
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 22/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 566/year
New York Eastern District Court · 1976–1982Second Circuit Court of Appeals · 1982–1995
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, Uniondale, New York2001–present
- Touro College School of LawFaculty · 1985–2003
- ↳adjunct professor · 1985–1993
- ↳professor of law · 1993–2003
- Hofstra UniversityDistinguished visiting professor of law · 1979–1993
Adjunct professor · 1978–1992- Private practice, Nassau County, New York1955–1976
- New York State Court of AppealsLaw clerk , Hon. Charles W. Froessel · 1953–1955
Appointments
1982–1995 · Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)Term ended: Retirement
1976–1982 · Appointed by Gerald Ford (Republican)Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Education
J.D. · 1953- Yale UniversityB.A. · 1950