John Edwin "Jay" Steele (born June 3, 1949) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 8/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 23/year
Florida Middle District Court · 2000–
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
Adjunct professor · 1999–2000- Private practice1988–1991
Middle District of FloridaAssistant U.S. attorney · 1981–1988- Western District of MichiganAssistant U.S. attorney · 1980–1981
- Ingham County, MichiganAssistant prosecutor · 1977–1980
- Wayne County [Michigan] Prosecutor's Office1972–1977
- ↳law clerk · 1972–1974
- ↳assistant prosecutor · 1974–1977
Appointments
2000–2015 · Appointed by William J. Clinton (Democratic)
Education
- University of Detroit Law School (now University of Detroit Mercy School of Law)J.D. · 1973
- University of Detroit (now University of Detroit Mercy)B.A. · 1971