Barrington Daniels Parker Jr.
Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2001 and confirmed by the Senate 100–0, Barrington Daniels Parker Jr. is a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He earned a law degree from Yale Law School in 1969. He previously served on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1944 · age 82
- Appointed by
- George W. Bush, 2001
- Confirmed
- 100–0
- Education
- Yale College 1965 · Yale Law School 1969
- Succeeded
- Ralph K. Winter Jr.
- Succeeded by
- Susan Laura Carney
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Southern District of New York succeeded Leonard Burke Sand | Clinton (D) | Voice vote |
| 2001 | Second Circuit succeeded Ralph K. Winter Jr. | G.W. Bush (R) | 100–0 |
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
Nomination Confirmed 100–0 on October 11, 2001 · 107th Congress, Roll Call 297. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.
Voted to confirm · 100
50 D, 49 R, 1 I
- Daniel Akaka(D-HI)
- Wayne Allard(R-CO)
- George Allen(R-VA)
- Max Baucus(D-MT)
- Evan Bayh(D-IN)
- Robert Bennett(R-UT)
- Joe Biden(D-DE)
- Jeff Bingaman(D-NM)
- Christopher Bond(R-MO)
- Barbara Boxer(D-CA)
- John Breaux(D-LA)
- Sam Brownback(R-KS)
- Jim Bunning(R-KY)
- Conrad Burns(R-MT)
- Robert Byrd(D-WV)
- Ben Campbell(R-CO)
- Maria Cantwell(D-WA)
- Jean Carnahan(D-MO)
- Thomas Carper(D-DE)
- Lincoln Chafee(R-RI)
- Max Cleland(D-GA)
- Hillary Clinton(D-NY)
- Thad Cochran(R-MS)
- Susan Collins(R-ME)
- Kent Conrad(D-ND)
- Jon Corzine(D-NJ)
- Larry Craig(R-ID)
- Michael Crapo(R-ID)
- Thomas Daschle(D-SD)
- Mark Dayton(D-MN)
- Mike DeWine(R-OH)
- Christopher Dodd(D-CT)
- Pete Domenici(R-NM)
- Byron Dorgan(D-ND)
- Richard Durbin(D-IL)
- John Edwards(D-NC)
- John Ensign(R-NV)
- Michael Enzi(R-WY)
- Russell Feingold(D-WI)
- Dianne Feinstein(D-CA)
- Peter Fitzgerald(R-IL)
- Bill Frist(R-TN)
- Bob Graham(D-FL)
- Phil Gramm(R-TX)
- Chuck Grassley(R-IA)
- Judd Gregg(R-NH)
- Chuck Hagel(R-NE)
- Tom Harkin(D-IA)
- Orrin Hatch(R-UT)
- Jesse Helms(R-NC)
- Ernest Hollings(D-SC)
- Tim Hutchinson(R-AR)
- Kay Hutchison(R-TX)
- James Inhofe(R-OK)
- Daniel Inouye(D-HI)
- James Jeffords(I-VT)
- Tim Johnson(D-SD)
- Edward Kennedy(D-MA)
- John Kerry(D-MA)
- Herb Kohl(D-WI)
- Jon Kyl(R-AZ)
- Mary Landrieu(D-LA)
- Patrick Leahy(D-VT)
- Carl Levin(D-MI)
- Joe Lieberman(D-CT)
- Blanche Lincoln(D-AR)
- Trent Lott(R-MS)
- Richard Lugar(R-IN)
- John McCain(R-AZ)
- Mitch McConnell(R-KY)
- Barbara Mikulski(D-MD)
- Zell Miller(D-GA)
- Frank Murkowski(R-AK)
- Patty Murray(D-WA)
- Bill Nelson(D-FL)
- Ben Nelson(D-NE)
- Don Nickles(R-OK)
- Jack Reed(D-RI)
- Harry Reid(D-NV)
- Pat Roberts(R-KS)
- John Rockefeller(D-WV)
- Rick Santorum(R-PA)
- Paul Sarbanes(D-MD)
- Charles Schumer(D-NY)
- Jeff Sessions(R-AL)
- Richard Shelby(R-AL)
- Bob Smith(R-NH)
- Gordon Smith(R-OR)
- Olympia Snowe(R-ME)
- Arlen Specter(R-PA)
- Debbie Stabenow(D-MI)
- Ted Stevens(R-AK)
- Craig Thomas(R-WY)
- Fred Thompson(R-TN)
- Strom Thurmond(R-SC)
- Robert Torricelli(D-NJ)
- George Voinovich(R-OH)
- John Warner(R-VA)
- Paul Wellstone(D-MN)
- Ron Wyden(D-OR)
Education
| Yale College | B.A. | 1965 |
| Yale Law School | LL.B. | 1969 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Parker was assigned 1,942 district-court cases (1993–2001). Median time from filing to termination: 212 days across 1,942 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.
In our data, Parker authored 223 published opinions for the court (1994–2010). Most cited: Moray v. City of Yonkers (73 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
| Year | Case | Citation | Cited |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Moray v. City of Yonkers | 924 F. Supp. 8 | 73 |
| 1996 | Johnson v. A.P. Products, Ltd. | 934 F. Supp. 625 | 47 |
| 1996 | Innovative Health Systems, Inc. v. City of White Plains | 931 F. Supp. 222 | 44 |
| 1994 | Burger Boys, Inc. v. South Street Seaport Ltd. Partnership (In Re Burger Boys, Inc.) | 183 B.R. 682 | 44 |
| 2000 | In Re Nine West Shoes Antitrust Litigation | 80 F. Supp. 2d 181 | 40 |
| 2001 | J.L.B. Equities, Inc. v. Ocwen Financial Corp. | 131 F. Supp. 2d 544 | 37 |
| 1996 | Town of New Windsor v. Tesa Tuck, Inc. | 919 F. Supp. 662 | 37 |
| 1999 | Kellen Co., Inc. v. Calphalon Corp. | 54 F. Supp. 2d 218 | 34 |
| 2000 | Kittay v. Giuliani | 112 F. Supp. 2d 342 | 33 |
| 1999 | Waldman v. Village of Kiryas Joel | 39 F. Supp. 2d 370 | 31 |
| 1996 | Evans v. Board of Education of the Rhinebeck Central School District | 930 F. Supp. 83 | 29 |
| 1995 | United States v. Strawberry | 892 F. Supp. 519 | 29 |
| 1995 | Kounitz v. Slaatten | 901 F. Supp. 650 | 28 |
| 1996 | Orisek v. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics | 938 F. Supp. 185 | 27 |
| 1999 | Schnell v. Conseco, Inc. | 43 F. Supp. 2d 438 | 26 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 223 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 Barrington Daniels Parker Jr.?
- President George W. Bush appointed Barrington Daniels Parker Jr. to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in 2001.
- Was Barrington Daniels Parker Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Barrington Daniels Parker Jr. was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Barrington Daniels Parker Jr.'s confirmation vote?
- The Senate confirmed Barrington Daniels Parker Jr. 100–0 on October 11, 2001.
- Which court is Barrington Daniels Parker Jr. on?
- Barrington Daniels Parker Jr. is a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Confirmation roll-call (Senate.gov, 2001)
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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24 years on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).