Julian Owen Forrester (April 27, 1939 – July 1, 2014) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.
J. Owen Forrester
Georgia Northern District Court
Born 1939 in Columbus, GA
Died 2014 in Atlanta, GA
FJC ID: 782
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 5/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 16/year
Georgia Northern District Court · 1981–2014
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 · 2003–2005
Northern District of GeorgiaAssistant U.S. attorney · 1969–1976- Private practice, Atlanta, Georgia1967–1969
- Callaway for Governor Committee, GeorgiaStaff attorney · 1966–1967
Appointments
1981–2014 · Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
LL.B. · 1966- Georgia Institute of TechnologyB.S. · 1961