Richard M. Berman (born September 11, 1943) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 2/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 21/year
New York Southern District Court · 1998–2011
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
- Queens County [New York] Family CourtJudge · 1995–1998
- Private practice, New York City1986–1995
- Warner Cable CorporationGeneral counsel and executive vice president · 1978–1986
- New York State Alliance to Save Energy, Inc.Executive director · 1977–1978
- U.S. Sen. Jacob Javits of New YorkExecutive assistant · 1974–1977
Private practice · 1970–1974
Appointments
1998–2011 · Appointed by William J. Clinton (Democratic)
Education
- Fordham University Graduate School of Social ServicesM.S.W. · 1996
J.D. · 1967- Cornell UniversityB.S. · 1964