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Kenneth M. Karas

New York Southern District Court

Born 1964 in Colorado Springs, CO

FJC ID: 3057

Career output and lasting influence

Opinions attributed per year · peak 4/year

New York Southern District Court · 2004–20042010201940
opinions

Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 10/year

New York Southern District Court · 2004–200420102019100
citing decisions

New York Southern District Court · 2004–

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.

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Kenneth Michael Karas (born 1964) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. Southern District of New York
    Assistant U.S. attorney · 1992–2004
  2. U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York

Appointments

  1. New York Southern District Court
    2004–present · Appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)

Education

  1. Columbia Law School
  2. Georgetown University
    B.A. · 1986