Who appointed Gary Feinerman?

President Barack Obama appointed Gary Feinerman to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in 2010.

Was Gary Feinerman appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

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

What was Gary Feinerman's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Gary Feinerman 80–0 on June 28, 2010.

Northern District of Illinois / Appointed 2010 / Served to 2022

Gary Feinerman

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

Appointed by President Barack Obama in 2010 and confirmed by the Senate 80–0, Gary Feinerman was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. He earned a law degree from Stanford Law School in 1991. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1965 · age 61
Appointed by: Barack Obama, 2010
Confirmed: 80–0
Education: Yale College 1987 · Stanford Law School 1991
Succeeded: Robert William Gettleman
Succeeded by: Jeremy Christen Daniel

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2010	Northern District of Illinois succeeded Robert William Gettleman	Obama (D)	80–0

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

Confirmation vote

Nomination Confirmed 80–0 on June 28, 2010 · 111th Congress, Roll Call 201. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 80

48 D, 31 R, 1 I

Did not vote · 19

8 D, 10 R, 1 I

Education

Yale College	B.A.	1987
Stanford Law School	J.D.	1991

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Feinerman was assigned 2,545 district-court cases (1996–2020). Median time from filing to termination: 166 days across 2,544 closed cases.

Other federal statutes18%

Prisoner & habeas15%

Labor & ERISA15%

Civil rights14%

Intellectual property10%

Contract8%

Other19%

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 140 of Feinerman’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 112 were affirmed, 17 reversed or vacated, and 11 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, Feinerman authored 6 published opinions for the court (2011). Most cited: Boyd v. U.S. Bank, N.A. (24 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	Boyd v. U.S. Bank, N.A.	787 F. Supp. 2d 747	24
2011	Tile Unlimited, Inc. v. Blanke Corp.	788 F. Supp. 2d 734	13
2011	Askew v. WAUKEGAN PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT 60	767 F. Supp. 2d 923	3
2011	BAER-STEFANOV v. White	773 F. Supp. 2d 755	2
2011	G & G Peppers, LLC v. Ebro Foods, Inc.	449 B.R. 759	1
2011	HALO BRANDED SOLUTIONS, INC. v. Goldman	784 F. Supp. 2d 966	1

Showing the 6 most-cited of 6 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 Gary Feinerman?: President Barack Obama appointed Gary Feinerman to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in 2010.
Was Gary Feinerman appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Gary Feinerman was appointed by President Barack Obama, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Gary Feinerman's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Gary Feinerman 80–0 on June 28, 2010.
Which court was Gary Feinerman on?: Gary Feinerman was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Sources

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12 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).