Jon Ormond Newman (born May 2, 1932) is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Jon Ormond Newman
Second Circuit Court of Appeals
Chief Judge — U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Born 1932 in New York, NY
FJC ID: 1755
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 29/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 1,093/year
Connecticut District Court · 1971–1979Connecticut District Court · 1971–1979Second Circuit Court of Appeals · 1979–1997
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
- Judicial Conference of the United StatesMember · 1993–1997
- Private practice, Hartford, Connecticut1958–1960, 1969–1971
U.S. attorney for the District of Connecticut1964–1969- U.S. Sen. Abraham Ribicoff of ConnecticutAdministrative assistant · 1963–1964
U.S. Army Reserve1954–1962- Education, and WelfareExecutive assistant to the Secretary of Health · 1961–1962
- Gov. Abraham Ribicoff, ConnecticutSpecial counsel · 1960
Senior law clerk · 1957–1958
Law clerk · 1956–1957
Appointments
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second CircuitChief Judge1979–1997 · Appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
1971–1979 · Appointed by Richard M. Nixon (Republican)Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Education
LL.B. · 1956- Princeton UniversityA.B. · 1953