John Watson Lungstrum (born 1945) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Kansas.
John Watson Lungstrum
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas
Born 1945 in Topeka, KS
FJC ID: 1439
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 2/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 37/year
Kansas District Court · 1991–2010
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
Lecturer · 1973–1982, 1986, 1989–1991, 1993- Private practice, Lawrence, Kansas1972–1991
U.S. Army lieutenant1971–1972- Private practice, Los Angeles, California1970–1971
Appointments
1991–2010 · Appointed by George H.W. Bush (Republican)
Education
- J.D. · 1970
- Yale UniversityB.A. · 1967