Richard Allen Lazzara (born December 17, 1945) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 8/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 21/year
District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1993–1997Florida Middle District Court · 1997–2011
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
- Florida District Court of Appeal, Second DistrictJudge · 1993–1997
- Circuit Court of Florida, Thirteenth Judicial CircuitJudge · 1988–1993
- Hillsborough County [Florida] CourtJudge · 1987
- Private practice, Tampa, Florida1974–1986
- Hillsborough County, FloridaAssistant state attorney · 1973
- Hillsborough County, FloridaAssistant county solicitor · 1970–1972
- Hillsborough County [Florida] Solicitor's OfficeLaw clerk · 1970
Appointments
1997–2011 · Appointed by William J. Clinton (Democratic)
Education
- University of Floridajd
- University of Florida College of Law (now Fredric G. Levin College of Law)J.D. · 1970
- Loyola University New OrleansB.A. · 1967