Who appointed Barry G. Silverman?

President William J. Clinton appointed Barry G. Silverman to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in 1998.

Was Barry G. Silverman appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

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

What was Barry G. Silverman's confirmation vote?

Barry G. Silverman was confirmed by voice vote on January 28, 1998. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Ninth Circuit / Appointed 1998 / Senior status since 2016

Barry G. Silverman

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

Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1998 and confirmed by voice vote, Barry G. Silverman is a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He earned a law degree from Arizona State University College of Law (now Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law) in 1976. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1951 · age 75
Appointed by: William J. Clinton, 1998
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Arizona State 1973 · Arizona State College of Law (now Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law) 1976
Succeeded: William Cameron Canby Jr.
Succeeded by: Bridget Shelton Bade

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1998	Ninth Circuit succeeded William Cameron Canby 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

Arizona State University	B.A.	1973
Arizona State University College of Law (now Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law)	J.D.	1976

Judicial Record

In our data, Silverman authored 7 published opinions for the court (2008–2011). Most cited: Chaffer v. Prosper (114 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
2010	Chaffer v. Prosper	592 F.3d 1046	114
2011	United States v. Wilkes	662 F.3d 524	109
2008	Johanson v. Commissioner	541 F.3d 973	48
2011	Log Cabin Republicans v. United States	658 F.3d 1162	34
2011	United States v. Sykes	658 F.3d 1140	24
2008	Chaffer v. Prosper	542 F.3d 662	15
2011	Chevron U.S.A. Inc. v. M & M Petroleum Services, Inc.	658 F.3d 948	4

Showing the 7 most-cited of 7 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 Barry G. Silverman?: President William J. Clinton appointed Barry G. Silverman to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in 1998.
Was Barry G. Silverman appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Barry G. Silverman was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Barry G. Silverman's confirmation vote?: Barry G. Silverman was confirmed by voice vote on January 28, 1998. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court is Barry G. Silverman on?: Barry G. Silverman is a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Sources

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