John Gleeson (born July 14, 1953) is an American attorney who served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. He is a member of the United States Sentencing Commission.
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 10/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 38/year
New York Eastern District Court · 1994–2016
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 City1981–1985, 2016–present
Member · 2022–2025
Assistant U.S. attorney · 1985–1994
Law clerk , Hon. Boyce Martin · 1980–1981
Appointments
- 1994–2016 · Appointed by William J. Clinton (Democratic)Term ended: Resignation
Education
J.D. · 1980- Georgetown UniversityB.A. · 1975