Jane Richards Roth (born June 16, 1935) is an American attorney and jurist serving as a Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. She was previously a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware.
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 10/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 229/year
Delaware District Court · 1985–1991Third Circuit Court of Appeals · 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
- Female
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Private practice, Wilmington, Delaware1965–1985
Foreign Service, U.S. Department of StateTypist and administrative assistant · 1956–1962- ↳Tehran, Iran · 1957–1959
- ↳Salisbury, Rhodesia · 1960
- ↳Brazzaville, Republic of Congo · 1960–1962
Appointments
1991–2006 · Appointed by George H.W. Bush (Republican)
1985–1991 · Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Education
LL.B. · 1965- Smith CollegeB.A. · 1956