Amy Mil Totenberg
Appointed by President Barack Obama in 2011 and confirmed by voice vote, Amy Mil Totenberg is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. She earned a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1977. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1950 · age 76
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama, 2011
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Radcliffe College 1974 · Harvard Law School 1977
- Succeeded
- Jack Tarpley Camp Jr.
- Succeeded by
- Sarah Elisabeth Geraghty
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Northern District of Georgia succeeded Jack Tarpley Camp Jr. | Obama (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
| Radcliffe College | A.B. | 1974 |
| Harvard Law School | J.D. | 1977 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Totenberg was assigned 6,100 district-court cases (1995–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 143 days across 5,407 closed cases.
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 208 of Totenberg’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 164 were affirmed, 27 reversed or vacated, and 17 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, Totenberg authored 3 published opinions for the court (2011). Most cited: Morgan v. Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC (15 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Morgan v. Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC | 795 F. Supp. 2d 1370 | 15 |
| 2011 | Griner v. SYNOVUS BANK | 818 F. Supp. 2d 1338 | 2 |
| 2011 | CCA and B, LLC v. F+ W Media Inc. | 819 F. Supp. 2d 1310 | 1 |
Showing the 3 most-cited of 3 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 Amy Mil Totenberg?
- President Barack Obama appointed Amy Mil Totenberg to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia in 2011.
- Was Amy Mil Totenberg appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Amy Mil Totenberg was appointed by President Barack Obama, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Amy Mil Totenberg's confirmation vote?
- Amy Mil Totenberg was confirmed by voice vote on February 28, 2011. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court is Amy Mil Totenberg on?
- Amy Mil Totenberg is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: United States Attorney's Office Northern District of Georgia (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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15 years on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).