Roger Jeffrey Miner (April 14, 1934 – February 18, 2012) was an American lawyer and judge. He was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit from 1985 until his death, and was previously a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York from 1981 to 1985. Before his time as a federal judge, he was a New York Supreme Court justice from 1976 to 1981, and the district attorney of Columbia County, New York, from 1968 to 1975.
Roger Jeffrey Miner
Second Circuit Court of Appeals
Born 1934 in Hudson, NY
Died 2012 in Hudson, NY
FJC ID: 1657
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 10/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 411/year
New York Court of Appeals · 1976–1981New York Northern District Court · 1981–1985Second Circuit Court of Appeals · 1985–2012
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
Adjunct professor · 1997–2012
Adjunct professor · 1986–1996- Supreme Court of the State of New YorkJustice · 1976–1981
- Columbia-Greene Community CollegeAdjunct associate professor · 1974–1979
- Private practice, Hudson, New York1959–1975
- Columbia County, New YorkDistrict attorney · 1968–1975
- Hudson, New YorkCorporation counsel · 1961–1964
- Columbia County, New YorkAssistant district attorney · 1964
JAG CorpsU.S. Army captain · 1956–1959
Appointments
1985–2012 · Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)Term ended: Death
1981–1985 · Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position
1976–1981
Education
- State University of New York at AlbanyB.S. · 1977
- LL.B. · 1956