Edward Robert Korman
Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1985 and confirmed by voice vote, Edward Robert Korman is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. He earned a law degree from Brooklyn Law School in 1966. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1942 · age 84
- Appointed by
- Ronald Reagan, 1985
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Brooklyn College, City of New York 1963 · Brooklyn Law School 1966
- Succeeded by
- Kiyo A. Matsumoto
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Eastern District of New York | Reagan (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
| Brooklyn College, City University of New York | B.A. | 1963 |
| Brooklyn Law School | LL.B. | 1966 |
| New York University School of Law | LL.M. | 1971 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Korman was assigned 7,256 district-court cases (1980–2025). Median time from filing to termination: 217 days across 7,200 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 116 of Korman’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 87 were affirmed, 22 reversed or vacated, and 7 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, Korman authored 106 published opinions for the court (1986–2010). Most cited: De Pace v. Matsushita Electric Corp. of America (43 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | De Pace v. Matsushita Electric Corp. of America | 257 F. Supp. 2d 543 | 43 |
| 1994 | United States v. Mejia-Valez | 855 F. Supp. 607 | 30 |
| 1987 | Murphy v. Nissan Motor Corp. in U.S.A. | 650 F. Supp. 922 | 27 |
| 2003 | Bland v. New York | 263 F. Supp. 2d 526 | 22 |
| 1993 | Nwankwo v. Reno | 828 F. Supp. 171 | 22 |
| 2003 | Copeland v. Walker | 258 F. Supp. 2d 105 | 19 |
| 1989 | Quartararo v. Mantello | 715 F. Supp. 449 | 19 |
| 1989 | Matter of Extradition of Atta | 706 F. Supp. 1032 | 19 |
| 2000 | Molinari v. Powers | 82 F. Supp. 2d 57 | 18 |
| 1999 | Manzi v. DiCarlo | 62 F. Supp. 2d 780 | 17 |
| 1996 | Rockefeller v. Powers | 917 F. Supp. 155 | 17 |
| 1986 | Mann v. Kreiss (In Re Kreiss) | 58 B.R. 999 | 16 |
| 2009 | Tummino v. Torti | 603 F. Supp. 2d 519 | 15 |
| 1988 | Quartararo v. Fogg | 679 F. Supp. 212 | 15 |
| 1997 | Garfield Slope Housing Corp. v. Public Service Mutual Insurance | 973 F. Supp. 326 | 14 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 106 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 Edward Robert Korman?
- President Ronald Reagan appointed Edward Robert Korman to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York in 1985.
- Was Edward Robert Korman appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Edward Robert Korman was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Edward Robert Korman's confirmation vote?
- Edward Robert Korman was confirmed by voice vote on November 1, 1985. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court is Edward Robert Korman on?
- Edward Robert Korman is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: Douglas Palmer from Brooklyn, NY, USA (CC BY 2.0), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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40 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).