Arthur J. Gajarsa

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1997 and confirmed by voice vote, Arthur J. Gajarsa was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He earned a law degree from Georgetown University Law Center in 1967. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born

1941 · age 85

Appointed by

William J. Clinton, 1997

Confirmed

by voice vote

Education

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1962 · Georgetown Law Center 1967

Succeeded

Helen Wilson Nies

Succeeded by

Evan Jonathan Wallach

Federal judicial service

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

Judicial Record

In our data, Gajarsa authored 1 published opinion for the court (2011). Most cited: Lemans Corp. v. United States (42 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.

Selected opinions

Showing the 1 most-cited of 1 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 Arthur J. Gajarsa?

President William J. Clinton appointed Arthur J. Gajarsa to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in 1997.

Was Arthur J. Gajarsa appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

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

What was Arthur J. Gajarsa's confirmation vote?

Arthur J. Gajarsa was confirmed by voice vote on July 31, 1997. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Which court was Arthur J. Gajarsa on?

Arthur J. Gajarsa was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

14 years on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).