Michael Morris Baylson (born May 29, 1939) is a senior United States district judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 4/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 15/year
Pennsylvania Eastern District Court · 2002–2012
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, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania1970–1988, 1993–2002
U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania1988–1993- Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaAssistant district attorney · 1966–1970
- Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County [Pennsylvania]Law clerk , Hon. Joseph Sloane · 1965
Appointments
2002–2012 · Appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Education
- University of PennsylvaniaB.S. · 1961