Robert Earl Maxwell (March 15, 1924 – November 20, 2010) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia.
Robert Earl Maxwell
West Virginia Northern District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia
Born 1924 in South Bend, IN
Died 2010 in Elkins, WV
FJC ID: 1509
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 3/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 3/year
West Virginia Northern District Court · 1965–2010
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
U.S. attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia1961–1964- Elkins, West VirginiaProsecutor · 1953–1961
- Private practice, Randolph, West Virginia1949
Appointments
1965–2010 · Appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
- West Virginia University College of LawLL.B. · 1949