Richard Joseph Arcara (born June 6, 1940) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of New York.
Richard Joseph Arcara
New York Western District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York
Born 1940 in Buffalo, NY
FJC ID: 55
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 14/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 31/year
New York Western District Court · 1988–2015
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
- Erie County, New YorkDistrict attorney · 1982–1988
U.S. Attorney for the Western District of New York1975–1981
First assistant U.S. attorney · 1973–1974- Assistant U.S. attorney · 1969–1973
- Private practice, Buffalo, New York1968–1969
Military Police CorpsU.S. Army captain · 1966–1967
Appointments
1988–2015 · Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Education
J.D. · 1965- St. Bonaventure UniversityB.A. · 1962