Henry Lee Adams Jr. (born April 8, 1945) 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 5/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 10/year
Florida Middle District Court · 1993–2010
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
- African American
Prior employment
- Circuit Court of Florida, Fourth Judicial CircuitJudge · 1979–1993
- Private practice, Jacksonville, Florida1972–1979
- Fourth Judicial Circuit, FloridaAssistant public defender · 1970–1972
- Duval County Legal Aid Association, FloridaReginald Heber Smith Fellow · 1969–1970
Appointments
1993–2010 · Appointed by William J. Clinton (Democratic)
Education
J.D. · 1969- Florida A&M UniversityB.S. · 1966