Northern District of Georgia / Appointed 1999 / Senior status since 2013

Charles A. Pannell Jr.

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1999 and confirmed by voice vote, Charles A. Pannell Jr. is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. He earned a law degree from University of Georgia School of Law in 1970. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born
1946 · age 80
Appointed by
William J. Clinton, 1999
Confirmed
by voice vote
Education
University of Georgia 1967 · University of Georgia Law 1970
Succeeded
Frank M. Hull

Federal judicial service

YearCourtAppointed byVote
1999Northern District of Georgia
succeeded Frank M. Hull
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

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Pannell was assigned 7,425 district-court cases (1982–2023). Median time from filing to termination: 152 days across 7,421 closed cases.

Prisoner & habeas22%
Civil rights18%
Other federal statutes10%
Contract9%
Real property9%
Personal-injury torts8%
Other24%

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 280 of Pannell’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 206 were affirmed, 39 reversed or vacated, and 35 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, Pannell authored 63 published opinions for the court (2000–2011). Most cited: Larios v. Cox (63 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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

YearCaseCitationCited
2004Larios v. Cox300 F. Supp. 2d 132063
2002Jack v. Glaxo Wellcome, Inc.239 F. Supp. 2d 130844
2008Federal Trade Commission v. National Urological Group, Inc.645 F. Supp. 2d 116734
2008Trilink Saw Chain, LLC v. Blount, Inc.583 F. Supp. 2d 129326
2001Rogers v. Elliott135 F. Supp. 2d 131217
2004Digital Envoy, Inc. v. Google, Inc.319 F. Supp. 2d 137716
2007Clifton v. Georgia Merit System478 F. Supp. 2d 135614
2008City of Mountain Park, Ga. v. LAKESIDE AT ANSLEY560 F. Supp. 2d 128813
2004Larios v. Cox305 F. Supp. 2d 133513
2006Breletic v. CACI, Inc.-Federal413 F. Supp. 2d 132912
2007Hays v. Adam512 F. Supp. 2d 133011
2003Owners Insurance v. James295 F. Supp. 2d 135411
2004Larios v. Cox314 F. Supp. 2d 13578
2004Wu v. Southeast-Atlantic Beverage Corp.321 F. Supp. 2d 13178
2011Patel v. Patel761 F. Supp. 2d 13756

Showing the 15 most-cited of 63 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 A. Pannell Jr.?
President William J. Clinton appointed Charles A. Pannell Jr. to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia in 1999.
Was Charles A. Pannell Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
Charles A. Pannell Jr. was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Charles A. Pannell Jr.'s confirmation vote?
Charles A. Pannell Jr. was confirmed by voice vote on October 15, 1999. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court is Charles A. Pannell Jr. on?
Charles A. Pannell Jr. is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.

Sources

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