Who appointed Brian Mark Cogan?

President George W. Bush appointed Brian Mark Cogan to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York in 2006.

Was Brian Mark Cogan appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Brian Mark Cogan was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Brian Mark Cogan's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Brian Mark Cogan 95–0 on May 4, 2006.

Eastern District of New York / Appointed 2006 / Senior status since 2020

Brian Mark Cogan

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2006 and confirmed by the Senate 95–0, Brian Mark Cogan is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. He earned a law degree from Cornell Law School in 1979. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1954 · age 72
Appointed by: George W. Bush, 2006
Confirmed: 95–0
Education: University of Illinois 1975 · Cornell Law School 1979
Succeeded: Frederic Block
Succeeded by: Hector Gonzalez

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2006	Eastern District of New York succeeded Frederic Block	G.W. Bush (R)	95–0

Party letters show the appointing president’s party, not the judge’s own.

Confirmation vote

Nomination Confirmed 95–0 on May 4, 2006 · 109th Congress, Roll Call 113. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 95

41 D, 53 R, 1 I

Did not vote · 5

3 D, 2 R

Education

University of Illinois	B.A.	1975
Cornell Law School	J.D.	1979

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Cogan was assigned 6,971 district-court cases (1972–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 145 days across 6,691 closed cases.

Personal-injury torts20%

Other civil matters18%

Civil rights14%

Other federal statutes11%

Labor & ERISA8%

Prisoner & habeas5%

Other23%

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 404 of Cogan’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 305 were affirmed, 73 reversed or vacated, and 26 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, Cogan authored 50 published opinions for the court (2006–2011). Most cited: Sobczak v. AWL Industries, Inc. (57 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
2007	Sobczak v. AWL Industries, Inc.	540 F. Supp. 2d 354	57
2011	Rasmussen v. City of New York	766 F. Supp. 2d 399	34
2008	Joseph S. v. Hogan	561 F. Supp. 2d 280	32
2009	Ezuma v. City University of New York	665 F. Supp. 2d 116	30
2007	Williams v. Berkshire Financial Group, Inc.	491 F. Supp. 2d 320	30
2010	Ortiz v. City of New York	755 F. Supp. 2d 399	28
2010	YAN WON LIAO v. Holder	691 F. Supp. 2d 344	21
2010	Mitchell v. LYONS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, INC.	727 F. Supp. 2d 120	20
2006	Country View Estates @ Ridge LLC v. Town of Brookhaven	452 F. Supp. 2d 142	20
2011	Eastern Savings Bank v. Walker	775 F. Supp. 2d 565	11
2008	Torraco v. Port Authority of New York & New Jersey	539 F. Supp. 2d 632	11
2008	Garson v. Perlman	541 F. Supp. 2d 515	11
2011	SRIRAMAN v. Patel	761 F. Supp. 2d 7	10
2009	Castano v. Astrue	650 F. Supp. 2d 270	10
2008	United States v. Taleb-Jedi	566 F. Supp. 2d 157	10

Showing the 15 most-cited of 50 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 Brian Mark Cogan?: President George W. Bush appointed Brian Mark Cogan to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York in 2006.
Was Brian Mark Cogan appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Brian Mark Cogan was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Brian Mark Cogan's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Brian Mark Cogan 95–0 on May 4, 2006.
Which court is Brian Mark Cogan on?: Brian Mark Cogan is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Sources

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