Wilfred Feinberg (June 22, 1920 – July 31, 2014) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and previously was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Wilfred Feinberg
Second Circuit Court of Appeals
Chief Judge — U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Born 1920 in New York, NY
Died 2014 in New York, NY
FJC ID: 742
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 9/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 183/year
New York Southern District Court · 1962–1966Second Circuit Court of Appeals · 1966–2014
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
- Judicial Conference of the United StatesMember · 1980–1988
- Private practice, New York City1949–1961
- New York State Department of BanksDeputy superintendent · 1958
Law clerk , Hon. James P. McGranery · 1947–1949
U.S. Army1942–1945
Appointments
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second CircuitChief Judge1966–2014 · Appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)Term ended: Death
1962–1966 · Appointed by John F. Kennedy (Democratic)Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Education
LL.B. · 1946- Columbia CollegeB.A. · 1940