Richard James Holwell (born 1946) is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Holwell resigned from the bench on February 7, 2012.
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 3/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 9/year
New York Southern District Court · 2003–2012
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, New York City1971–2003, 2012–present
Appointments
2003–2012 · Appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)Term ended: Resignation
Education
- Cambridge Institute of Criminology1971
J.D. · 1970- Villanova UniversityB.A. · 1967