Harvey Erwin Schlesinger (born June 4, 1940) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 4/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 31/year
Florida Middle District Court · 1991–2006
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
- University of North FloridaAdjunct professor · 1984–1992
Middle District of FloridaChief assistant U.S. attorney · 1970–1975- Seaboard Coast Line Railroad, Jacksonville, FloridaCorporate counsel · 1968–1970
U.S. Army captain1965–1968
Instructor · 1967–1968
Appointments
1991–2006 · Appointed by George H.W. Bush (Republican)
Education
- University of Richmond T.C. Williams School of Law (now University of Richmond School of Law)J.D. · 1965
- The CitadelB.A. · 1962