Jan Ely DuBois (January 17, 1931 – May 10, 2026) was an American jurist who served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 1/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 3/year
Pennsylvania Eastern District Court · 1988–2002
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, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania1958–1988
Law clerk , Hon. Harry Kalodner · 1957–1958
Civil Division, U.S. Department of JusticeClerk · 1956
U.S. Army1952–1954
Appointments
1988–2002 · Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Education
LL.B. · 1957- University of PennsylvaniaB.S. · 1952