Who appointed Ellen Lipton Hollander?

President Barack Obama appointed Ellen Lipton Hollander to the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland in 2010.

Was Ellen Lipton Hollander appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Ellen Lipton Hollander was appointed by President Barack Obama, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Ellen Lipton Hollander's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Ellen Lipton Hollander 95–0 on December 18, 2010.

District of Maryland / Appointed 2010 / Senior status since 2022

Ellen Lipton Hollander

Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Appointed by President Barack Obama in 2010 and confirmed by the Senate 95–0, Ellen Lipton Hollander is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. She earned a law degree from Georgetown University Law Center in 1974. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1949 · age 77
Appointed by: Barack Obama, 2010
Confirmed: 95–0
Education: Goucher College 1971 · Georgetown Law Center 1974
Succeeded: Andre Maurice Davis
Succeeded by: Julie Rebecca Rubin

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2010	District of Maryland succeeded Andre Maurice Davis	Obama (D)	95–0

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

Confirmation vote

Nomination Confirmed 95–0 on December 18, 2010 · 111th Congress, Roll Call 280. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 95

54 D, 39 R, 2 I

Did not vote · 5

2 D, 3 R

Education

Goucher College	B.A.	1971
Georgetown University Law Center	J.D.	1974

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Hollander was assigned 2,400 district-court cases (1995–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 180 days across 2,239 closed cases.

Other civil matters23%

Other federal statutes10%

Criminal9%

Prisoner & habeas9%

Civil rights9%

Labor & ERISA9%

Other30%

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 261 of Hollander’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 216 were affirmed, 25 reversed or vacated, and 20 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, Hollander authored 4 published opinions for the court (2011–2012). Most cited: Baltimore Line Handling Co. v. Brophy (128 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
2011	Baltimore Line Handling Co. v. Brophy	771 F. Supp. 2d 531	128
2011	Paulone v. City of Frederick	787 F. Supp. 2d 360	82
2011	Respess v. Travelers Cas. & Sur. Co. of America	770 F. Supp. 2d 751	21
2012	Prologo v. Flagstar Bank, Fsb	471 B.R. 115	8

Showing the 4 most-cited of 4 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 Ellen Lipton Hollander?: President Barack Obama appointed Ellen Lipton Hollander to the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland in 2010.
Was Ellen Lipton Hollander appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Ellen Lipton Hollander was appointed by President Barack Obama, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Ellen Lipton Hollander's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Ellen Lipton Hollander 95–0 on December 18, 2010.
Which court is Ellen Lipton Hollander on?: Ellen Lipton Hollander is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland.

Sources

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