Richard Lesley Voorhees (born June 5, 1941) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina.
Richard Lesley Voorhees
North Carolina Western District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina
Born 1941 in Syracuse, NY
FJC ID: 2468
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 4/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 12/year
North Carolina Western District Court · 1988–
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, Gastonia, North Carolina1968–1988
U.S. Army Reserve captain1965–1969- Signal CorpsU.S. Army lieutenant · 1963–1965
- ROTCU.S. Army cadet · 1959–1963
Appointments
1988–2017 · Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Education
J.D. · 1968- Davidson CollegeB.A. · 1963