Judge Jed Saul Rakoff

Judge, S.D. NY

Democrat Court: NYSD Born: 1943-01-01

175

Cases in Database

21%

Settlement Rate

21%

Dismissal Rate

10%

Trial Rate

393,393

Court Cases (FJC)

Education

School	Degree	Year
Harvard University	J.D.	1969
Swarthmore College	B.A.	1964

Court	Position	Start	End
S.D. NY	Judge	1996	Active

How 393,393 cases ended in this court (FJC Integrated Database)

21%

Settled

21%

Dismissed

10%

Went to Trial

$788,928

Avg Award

$85,000

Median Award

32,789

Judgment for Plaintiff

Case Type	Total	Settled	Dismissed	Trial	Pretrial	Avg Award
Other Contract	38,130	23%	26%	10%	7%	$964,284
Other Civil Rights	27,092	30%	17%	11%	0%	$475,895
Employment	20,649	27%	27%	16%	0%	$580,073
Other Personal Injury	19,506	60%	17%	4%	0%	$701,589
Marine	18,611	28%	27%	3%	5%	$683,721
Employee Retirement Income Security Act	18,144	20%	18%	6%	27%	$647,508
Civil Rights	16,342	8%	21%	11%	0%	$368,884
Other Statutory Actions	14,529	20%	28%	11%	5%	$707,754
Securities/Commodities/Exchange	13,504	8%	25%	13%	1%	$1,221,921
General	13,250	2%	14%	26%	0%	$847,700
Personal Injury - Product Liability	13,060	12%	28%	7%	0%	$1,220,611
Copyrights	12,422	28%	18%	9%	4%	$1,048,662
Fair Labor Standards Act	10,737	43%	14%	4%	2%	$367,398
Trademark	9,870	25%	19%	16%	7%	$934,125
ADA - Other	8,963	44%	10%	3%	0%	$298,543
Prison Condition	8,123	13%	20%	13%	0%	$108,800
DIWC/DIWW (405(g))	6,879	1%	8%	16%	0%	$50,000
Insurance	6,535	24%	27%	11%	2%	$924,535
Motor Vehicle	6,274	36%	35%	4%	0%	$931,494
Motions to Vacate Sentence	5,972	7%	66%	2%	0%	—

Category	Filings	Settled	Dismissed	Trial	Default	Median Duration
Landlord-Tenant	285,000	35.8%	25.2%	2.5%	30.8%	55d
Contract	152,000	40.2%	22.1%	3.1%	28.5%	310d
Divorce/Family	62,800	55.2%	18.4%	5.5%	14.8%	365d
Personal Injury	58,200	72.1%	15.6%	3.8%	5.2%	485d
Consumer Protection	24,560	34.2%	22.8%	2.4%	35.1%	195d
Employment	22,400	68.3%	18.9%	4.8%	4.8%	450d
Workers' Comp	18,127	71.2%	12.4%	6.8%	3.2%	445d
Wrongful Death	2,222	72.5%	14.8%	5.2%	3.1%	520d

Source: New York Administrative Office of the Courts

Year	Description	Value Code
2013	Fidelity Growth & Income Fund
2012	Fidelity Growth & Income Fund	J
2011	Fidelity Growth & Income Fund	J
2010	Fidelity Growth & Income Fund
2009	WRC Interstate Associates (Greenwich, CT)
2008	Fidelity Ginnie Mae Fund
2008	Fidelity Growth & Income Fund
2008	WRC Interstate Associates (Greenwich, CT)
2007	American Century 20th Century Ultra Fund
2007	Fidelity Ginnie Mae Fund
2007	Fidelity Growth & Income Fund
2007	Fidelity High Income Fund
2007	WRC Interstate Associates (Greenwich, CT)
2006	American Century 20th Century Ultra Fund	J
2006	Fidelity Aggressive Growth Fund	K
2006	Fidelity Dividend & Growth Fund	L
2006	Fidelity Ginnie Mae Fund	K
2006	Fidelity Ginnie Mae Fund	K
2006	Fidelity Growth & Income Fund
2006	Fidelity High Income Fund
2006	Fidelity High Income Fund	J
2006	Fidelity OTC Portfolio Fund	K
2006	WRC Interstate Associates (Greenwich, CT)
2005	American Century 20th Century Ultra Fund
2005	Fidelity Aggressive Growth Fund	K
2005	Fidelity Contrafund
2005	Fidelity Dividend & Growth Fund	L
2005	Fidelity Ginnie Mae Fund	K
2005	Fidelity Ginnie Mae Fund	K
2005	Fidelity Growth & Income Fund