Charles Petros Kocoras
Appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1980 and confirmed by voice vote, Charles Petros Kocoras is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. He earned a law degree from DePaul University College of Law in 1969. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1938 · age 88
- Appointed by
- Jimmy Carter, 1980
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- DePaul 1961 · DePaul College of Law 1969
- Succeeded
- Alfred Younges Kirkland Sr.
- Succeeded by
- Robert Michael Dow Jr.
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Northern District of Illinois succeeded Alfred Younges Kirkland Sr. | Carter (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
| DePaul University | B.S. | 1961 |
| DePaul University College of Law | J.D. | 1969 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Kocoras was assigned 7,885 district-court cases (1975–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 142 days across 7,568 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 160 of Kocoras’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 116 were affirmed, 35 reversed or vacated, and 9 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, Kocoras authored 144 published opinions for the court (1980–2011). Most cited: Condict v. Condict (In Re Condict) (42 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Condict v. Condict (In Re Condict) | 71 B.R. 485 | 42 |
| 1991 | Jones v. United States, Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service (In Re Jones) | 134 B.R. 274 | 40 |
| 1990 | Deberry Ex Rel. Deberry v. Sherman Hospital Ass'n | 741 F. Supp. 1302 | 38 |
| 1984 | Rodgers v. Lincoln Towing Service, Inc. | 596 F. Supp. 13 | 38 |
| 1997 | Cirone-Shadow v. Union Nissan of Waukegan | 955 F. Supp. 938 | 30 |
| 2001 | Herbstein v. Bruetman | 266 B.R. 676 | 29 |
| 1992 | Resolution Trust Corp. v. Gallagher | 800 F. Supp. 595 | 27 |
| 1998 | Hope Clinic v. Ryan | 995 F. Supp. 847 | 23 |
| 1983 | Eisenmann v. Cantor Bros., Inc. | 567 F. Supp. 1347 | 23 |
| 1982 | Lloyd v. Illinois Regional Transportation Authority | 548 F. Supp. 575 | 23 |
| 1993 | Martin v. Bay State Milling Co. | 151 B.R. 154 | 21 |
| 1994 | Brach Van Houten Holding, Inc. v. Save Brack's Coalition | 856 F. Supp. 472 | 20 |
| 1989 | Bates & Rogers Construction Corp. v. Continental Bank, N.A. | 97 B.R. 905 | 20 |
| 1982 | Hooker v. Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. | 551 F. Supp. 1060 | 20 |
| 1991 | Deberry v. Sherman Hospital Ass'n | 769 F. Supp. 1030 | 18 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 144 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 Charles Petros Kocoras?
- President Jimmy Carter appointed Charles Petros Kocoras to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in 1980.
- Was Charles Petros Kocoras appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Charles Petros Kocoras was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Charles Petros Kocoras's confirmation vote?
- Charles Petros Kocoras was confirmed by voice vote on September 29, 1980. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court is Charles Petros Kocoras on?
- Charles Petros Kocoras is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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45 years on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).