David A. Faber
Appointed by President George H.W. Bush in 1991 and confirmed by voice vote, David A. Faber is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia. He earned a law degree from Yale Law School in 1967. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1942 · age 84
- Appointed by
- George H.W. Bush, 1991
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- West Virginia 1964 · Yale Law School 1967
- Succeeded by
- Irene Cornelia Berger
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Southern District of West Virginia | G.H.W. Bush (R) | 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
| West Virginia University | A.B. | 1964 |
| Yale Law School | J.D. | 1967 |
| University of Virginia School of Law | LL.M., judicial process | 1998 |
| University of Cambridge | Ph.D. | 2014 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Faber was assigned 4,861 district-court cases (1977–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 294 days across 4,535 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 167 of Faber’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 145 were affirmed, 13 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, Faber authored 55 published opinions for the court (1992–2010). Most cited: Mullins v. Harry's Mobile Homes, Inc. (45 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Mullins v. Harry's Mobile Homes, Inc. | 861 F. Supp. 22 | 45 |
| 1995 | Holland v. Double G Coal Co., Inc. | 898 F. Supp. 351 | 27 |
| 1996 | Wiggins v. Wise | 951 F. Supp. 614 | 16 |
| 2002 | Lilly v. CSX Transportation, Inc. | 186 F. Supp. 2d 672 | 13 |
| 2003 | Fleming v. United Teachers Associates Ins. Co. | 250 F. Supp. 2d 658 | 12 |
| 1998 | Cox v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co. | 998 F. Supp. 679 | 12 |
| 1996 | West Virginians for Life, Inc. v. Smith | 960 F. Supp. 1036 | 12 |
| 1994 | White v. J.C. Penney Life Insurance | 861 F. Supp. 25 | 12 |
| 1993 | Tolliver Ex Rel. Tolliver v. United States | 831 F. Supp. 558 | 12 |
| 2004 | Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. v. Coe | 313 F. Supp. 2d 603 | 10 |
| 2002 | Arnold v. CSX Hotels, Inc. | 212 F. Supp. 2d 634 | 10 |
| 1993 | Milner Hotels, Inc. v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co. | 822 F. Supp. 341 | 10 |
| 1992 | Hicks v. Universal Housing, Inc. | 792 F. Supp. 482 | 10 |
| 1996 | West Virginians for Life, Inc. v. Smith | 919 F. Supp. 954 | 9 |
| 1992 | Crawford v. Hatcher | 804 F. Supp. 834 | 9 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 55 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 David A. Faber?
- President George H.W. Bush appointed David A. Faber to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia in 1991.
- Was David A. Faber appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- David A. Faber was appointed by President George H.W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was David A. Faber's confirmation vote?
- David A. Faber was confirmed by voice vote on November 21, 1991. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court is David A. Faber on?
- David A. Faber is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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34 years on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).