# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-m-walker-jr
# Generated: 2026-09-01T19:53:12.646Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-m-walker-jr"
name: "John M. Walker, Jr."
slug: "john-m-walker-jr"
description: "John Mercer Walker Jr. is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He served as chief judge from September 30, 2000, to September 30, 2006, when he assumed senior status. He was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, appointed in 1985 by President Ronald Reagan before being elevated to the Second Circuit in 1989."
tagline: "American judge"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_M._Walker%2C_Jr..JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Lawyers"
  slug: "lawyers"
profileType:
  name: "Lawyer"
  slug: "lawyer"
birthDate: "1940-12-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.28
  momentum:             0
  historical:           3.949317333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%85._%D9%88%D9%88%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%8C_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%86"
    title: "جون م. ووكر، الابن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%85._%D9%88%D9%88%D9%83%D8%B1"
    title: "جون م. ووكر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Walker_Jr."
    title: "John M. Walker Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B0%8F%E7%BA%A6%E7%BF%B0%C2%B7%E9%BB%98%E7%91%9F%C2%B7%E6%B2%83%E5%85%8B"
    title: "小约翰·默瑟·沃克"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16105511"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump