Who appointed Alan Stephen Gold?

President William J. Clinton appointed Alan Stephen Gold to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida in 1997.

Was Alan Stephen Gold appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Alan Stephen Gold was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Alan Stephen Gold's confirmation vote?

Alan Stephen Gold was confirmed by voice vote on June 27, 1997. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Southern District of Florida / Appointed 1997 / Senior status since 2011

Alan Stephen Gold

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1997 and confirmed by voice vote, Alan Stephen Gold is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. He earned a law degree from Duke University School of Law in 1969. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1944 · age 82
Appointed by: William J. Clinton, 1997
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: University of Florida 1966 · Duke Law 1969
Succeeded: Jose Alejandro Gonzalez Jr.
Succeeded by: Robin Stacie Rosenbaum

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1997	Southern District of Florida succeeded Jose Alejandro Gonzalez Jr.	Clinton (D)	Voice vote

Party letters show the appointing president’s party, not the judge’s own. A voice vote means the chamber approved aloud. No senator-by-senator tally is recorded.

Confirmation vote

Voice vote

The Senate approved this confirmation aloud, with no senator-by-senator tally recorded. Recorded roll-call votes begin in 1989.

Education

University of Florida	B.A.	1966
Duke University School of Law	J.D.	1969
University of Miami School of Law	LL.M.	1974

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Gold was assigned 5,082 district-court cases (1986–2014). Median time from filing to termination: 204 days across 5,071 closed cases.

Contract21%

Prisoner & habeas16%

Civil rights13%

Other federal statutes13%

Labor & ERISA11%

Personal-injury torts9%

Other15%

Case assignment is from CourtListener’s PACER-derived docket records: a partial sample, not a complete caseload, reflecting the judge last assigned each case. How we count.

On appeal

Of 213 of Gold’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 187 were affirmed, 16 reversed or vacated, and 10 affirmed in part and reversed in part. This is a historical count of appellate outcomes for cases we could match, not a judgment of the judge, and not a complete record. How we count.

In our data, Gold authored 169 published opinions for the court (1997–2011). Most cited: Burger King Corp. v. Ashland Equities, Inc. (152 citations).

A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.

Recent & notable rulings

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
2002	Burger King Corp. v. Ashland Equities, Inc.	181 F. Supp. 2d 1366	152
2000	Kaplan v. Assetcare, Inc.	88 F. Supp. 2d 1355	74
2001	Del Monte Fresh Produce Co. v. Dole Food Co., Inc.	136 F. Supp. 2d 1271	43
2010	Krstic v. PRINCESS CRUISE LINES, LTD.(CORP.)	706 F. Supp. 2d 1271	42
2004	Williams v. Cruise Ships Catering and Service International, NV	320 F. Supp. 2d 1347	40
2000	Webster v. Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd.	124 F. Supp. 2d 1317	37
2006	Allapattah Services, Inc. v. Exxon Corp.	454 F. Supp. 2d 1185	36
2002	Meterlogic, Inc. v. Copier Solutions, Inc.	185 F. Supp. 2d 1292	36
1999	Allapattah Services, Inc. v. Exxon Corp.	61 F. Supp. 2d 1308	36
2009	David v. American Suzuki Motor Corp.	629 F. Supp. 2d 1309	35
2008	Pycsa Panama, S.A. v. Tensar Earth Technologies, Inc.	625 F. Supp. 2d 1198	32
2007	Beale v. Biomet, Inc.	492 F. Supp. 2d 1360	32
2005	Allapattah Services, Inc. v. Exxon Corp.	372 F. Supp. 2d 1344	31
2000	MeterLogic, Inc. v. Copier Solutions, Inc.	126 F. Supp. 2d 1346	30
2001	Del Monte Fresh Produce Co. v. Dole Food Co., Inc.	148 F. Supp. 2d 1326	28

Showing the 15 most-cited of 169 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.

Questions & answers

Who appointed Alan Stephen Gold?: President William J. Clinton appointed Alan Stephen Gold to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida in 1997.
Was Alan Stephen Gold appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Alan Stephen Gold was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Alan Stephen Gold's confirmation vote?: Alan Stephen Gold was confirmed by voice vote on June 27, 1997. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court is Alan Stephen Gold on?: Alan Stephen Gold is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Sources

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29 years on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).