Terence Thomas Evans (March 25, 1940 – August 10, 2011) was a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and a United States district judge for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. Earlier in his career, he was a Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge in Milwaukee County.
Terence Thomas Evans
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
Born 1940 in Milwaukee, WI
Died 2011 in Chicago, IL
FJC ID: 724
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 47/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 649/year
Wisconsin Eastern District Court · 1979–1995Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals · 1995–2011
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
Board member · 2004–2008- Wisconsin Circuit Court, Milwaukee CountyJudge · 1978–1980
- Milwaukee County [Wisconsin] CourtJudge · 1974–1978
- Private practice, Milwaukee, Wisconsin1970–1974
- Milwaukee, WisconsinAssistant district attorney · 1968–1970
- Wisconsin Supreme CourtLaw clerk , Hon. Horace W. Wilkie · 1967–1968
Appointments
1995–2011 · Appointed by William J. Clinton (Democratic)Term ended: Death
1979–1995 · Appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Education
J.D. · 1967- Marquette UniversityB.A. · 1962