Kurt Damian Engelhardt (born April 21, 1960) is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Previously, he was the Chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
Kurt Damian Engelhardt
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
Born 1960 in New Orleans, LA
FJC ID: 2903
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 9/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 35/year
Louisiana Eastern District Court · 2001–2018Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals · 2018–
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, Metairie, Louisiana1987–2001
- Louisiana Court of Appeal, Fifth Judicial CircuitLaw clerk , Hon. Charles Grisbaum · 1985–1987
Appointments
2018–present · Appointed by Donald J. Trump (Republican)
2001–2018 · Appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Education
- Louisiana State University, Paul M. Hebert Law CenterJ.D. · 1985
- Louisiana State UniversityB.A. · 1982