Jed Saul Rakoff (born August 1, 1943) is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a senior United States district judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. He was appointed in 1996 by President Bill Clinton, and assumed senior status in 2010.
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 4/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 107/year
New York Southern District Court · 1996–2010
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
- White
Prior employment
- Private practice, New York City1970–1972, 1980–1995
Assistant U.S. attorney · 1973–1980- ↳chief, business and securities fraud prosecutions · 1978–1980
Law clerk , Hon. Abraham Freedman · 1969–1970
Appointments
1996–2010 · Appointed by William J. Clinton (Democratic)
Education
J.D. · 1969- University of Oxford, Balliol CollegeM.Phil. · 1966
- Swarthmore CollegeB.A. · 1964