Haddon Lee Sarokin (November 25, 1928 – June 20, 2023) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and a former United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. After retiring as a judge, he became a blogger, often writing in support of those he saw as wrongly convicted.
H. Lee Sarokin
Third Circuit Court of Appeals
Born 1928 in Perth Amboy, NJ
Died 2023 in La Jolla, CA
FJC ID: 2101
Career output and lasting influence
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 38/year
New Jersey District Court · 1979–1994Third Circuit Court of Appeals · 1994–1996
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, Newark, New Jersey1955–1979
- Union County, New JerseyAssistant counsel · 1959–1965
Appointments
1994–1996 · Appointed by William J. Clinton (Democratic)Term ended: Retirement
1979–1994 · Appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Education
LL.B. · 1953- Dartmouth CollegeA.B. · 1950