Lyle Elmer Strom (January 6, 1925 – December 1, 2023) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska from 1985 until his death in 2023.
Lyle Elmer Strom
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska
Born 1925 in Omaha, NE
Died 2023
FJC ID: 2306
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 3/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 65/year
Nebraska District Court · 1985–2023
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
- Robert Spire Intern Program, Creighton University School of LawClinical professor · 1996–present
- Private practice, Omaha, Nebraska1953–1985
Adjunct professor · 1958- U.S. Naval Reserve ensign1943–1946
Appointments
1985–2023 · Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
- J.D. · 1953
- Creighton UniversityB.A. · 1950