Terence Curtis Kern (born September 25, 1944) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma.
Terence C. Kern
Oklahoma Northern District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma
Born 1944 in Clinton, OK
FJC ID: 1265
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 4/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 12/year
Oklahoma Northern District Court · 1994–2010
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
- Private practice, Ardmore, Oklahoma1970–1994
U.S. Army Reserve1969–1975
Division of Compliance, Bureau of Deceptive Practices, Federal Trade CommissionGeneral attorney · 1969–1970
Appointments
1994–2010 · Appointed by William J. Clinton (Democratic)
Education
LL.M., judicial process · 2004
J.D. · 1969- Oklahoma State UniversityB.S. · 1966