Kenneth Lee Ryskamp (August 10, 1932 – November 16, 2017) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
Kenneth L. Ryskamp
Florida Southern District Court
Born 1932 in Grand Rapids, MI
Died 2017
FJC ID: 2084
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 2/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 21/year
Florida Southern District Court · 1986–2017
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, Miami, Florida1959–1986
- Florida District Court of Appeal, Third DistrictLaw clerk , Hon. Mallory H. Horton · 1957–1959
Appointments
1986–2017 · Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
J.D. · 1956- Calvin CollegeA.B. · 1955