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Jeffrey R. Howard

Jeffrey R. Howard

First Circuit Court of Appeals

Chief Judge — U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Born 1955 in Claremont, NH

FJC ID: 2932

Career output and lasting influence

Opinions attributed per year · peak 30/year

First Circuit Court of Appeals · 2002–2002201020202025300
opinions

Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 585/year

First Circuit Court of Appeals · 2002–20022010202020255850
citing decisions

First Circuit Court of Appeals · 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.

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Jeffrey Robert Howard (born November 4, 1955) is an American lawyer who serves as a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.

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Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. Judicial Conference of the United States
    Member · 2015–2022
  2. Private practice, New Hampshire
    1997–2002
  3. State of New Hampshire
    Attorney general · 1993–1997
  4. U.S. attorney for the District of New Hampshire
    1989–1993
  5. State of New Hampshire
    State of New Hampshire
    Deputy attorney general · 1988–1989
  6. Office of the Attorney General, State of New Hampshire
    Attorney · 1981–1988

Appointments

  1. First Circuit Court of Appeals
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the First CircuitChief Judge
    2002–2022 · Appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)

Education

  1. Georgetown University Law Center
    Georgetown University Law Center
    J.D. · 1981
  2. Plymouth State College
    B.A. · 1978