John Lawrence Kane Jr. (born February 14, 1937) is an American attorney serving as a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado.
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 4/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 6/year
Colorado District Court · 1977–1988
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
- Colorado School of LawAdjunct professor · 1996–present
- University of Denver College of LawFaculty · 1978–1988, 1990–1996
- ↳adjunct professor · 1978–1988
- ↳Miller distinguished visiting professor of law · 1990–1996
- Trinity College, Dublin, IrelandVisiting lecturer in law · 1989
- Private practice, Denver, Colorado1964, 1970–1977
- Metropolitan State College, Denver, ColoradoInstructor · 1973–1974
- Peace Corps, TurkeyCountry representative · 1968–1969
- Peace Corps, eastern region of India, Calcutta, IndiaDeputy director · 1967–1968
Public defender · 1965–1967- Private practice, Brighton, Colorado1961–1963
- Seventeenth Judicial District, ColoradoDeputy district attorney · 1961–1963
- Seventeenth Judicial District, ColoradoLaw clerk · 1960–1961
Appointments
1977–1988 · Appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
Education
- University of Denver College of Law (now Sturm College of Law)J.D. · 1960
- University of ColoradoB.A. · 1958