Morris Edward Lasker (July 17, 1917 – December 25, 2009) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Morris Edward Lasker
New York Southern District Court
Born 1917 in Hartsdale, NY
Died 2009 in Cambridge, MA
FJC ID: 1347
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 4/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 47/year
New York Southern District Court · 1968–2009
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, New York City1946–1968
- New Castle, New YorkJustice of the peace · 1957–1958
- New Castle, New YorkTown attorney · 1955–1957
U.S. Army1942–1946- U.S. Senate Committee Investigating National Defense ProgramsStaff attorney · 1941–1942
Appointments
1968–2009 · Appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
LL.B. · 1941- Harvard UniversityB.A. · 1938