Jerome Barry "Jerry" Friedman (born February 19, 1943) is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 3/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 4/year
Virginia Eastern District Court · 1997–2011
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
- Virginia Circuit Court, Second Judicial CircuitJudge · 1991–1997
- ↳chief judge · 1994–1997
- Virginia Beach [Virginia] Juvenile and Domestic Relations District CourtJudge · 1985–1991
- ↳chief judge · 1988–1991
- Private practice1970–1985
- First Union National BankTrust administrator · 1969–1970
Appointments
1997–2011 · Appointed by William J. Clinton (Democratic)Term ended: Retirement
Education
J.D. · 1969- Old Dominion CollegeB.S. · 1965