Roger Lee Gregory (born July 17, 1953) is an American lawyer who serves as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
Roger L. Gregory
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
Chief Judge — U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Born 1953 in Philadelphia, PA
FJC ID: 2888
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 17/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 503/year
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals · 2001–
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
- African American
Prior employment
- Judicial Conference of the United StatesMember · 2016–2023
- Private practice, Virginia1980–2000
- Private practice, Michigan1978–1980
Appointments
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth CircuitChief Judge2001–present · Appointed by William J. Clinton (Democratic)
Education
J.D. · 1978- Virginia State CollegeB.A. · 1975