Robert Joseph Ward (January 31, 1926 – August 5, 2003) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Robert Joseph Ward
New York Southern District Court
Born 1926 in New York, NY
Died 2003 in New York, NY
FJC ID: 2500
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 1/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 35/year
New York Southern District Court · 1972–2003
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 City1949–1951, 1961–1972
Assistant U.S. attorney · 1956–1961- New York County, New YorkAssistant district attorney · 1951–1955
- U.S. Naval Reserve lieutenant junior grade1944–1946
Appointments
1972–2003 · Appointed by Richard M. Nixon (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
LL.B. · 1949- Harvard CollegeB.S. · 1945