Who appointed Gene E.K. Pratter?

President George W. Bush appointed Gene E.K. Pratter to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in 2004.

Was Gene E.K. Pratter appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Gene E.K. Pratter was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Gene E.K. Pratter's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Gene E.K. Pratter 98–0 on June 15, 2004.

Eastern District of Pennsylvania / Appointed 2004 / Served to 2024

Gene E.K. Pratter

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2004 and confirmed by the Senate 98–0, Gene E.K. Pratter was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. She earned a law degree from University of Pennsylvania Law School (now Carey Law School) in 1975. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1949–2024
Appointed by: George W. Bush, 2004
Confirmed: 98–0
Education: Stanford 1971 · University of Pennsylvania Law School (now Carey Law School) 1975
Succeeded: William Hendricks Yohn Jr.
Succeeded by: Gail Allison Weilheimer

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2004	Eastern District of Pennsylvania succeeded William Hendricks Yohn Jr.	G.W. Bush (R)	98–0

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

Confirmation vote

Nomination Confirmed 98–0 on June 15, 2004 · 108th Congress, Roll Call 117. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 98

47 D, 51 R

Did not vote · 2

1 D, 1 I

James Jeffords(I-VT)
John Kerry(D-MA)

Education

Stanford University	A.B.	1971
University of Pennsylvania Law School (now Carey Law School)	J.D.	1975

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Pratter was assigned 4,031 district-court cases (1989–2024). Median time from filing to termination: 232 days across 3,989 closed cases.

Personal-injury torts22%

Civil rights15%

Other civil matters13%

Prisoner & habeas11%

Contract10%

Other federal statutes10%

Other20%

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 213 of Pratter’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 183 were affirmed, 13 reversed or vacated, and 17 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, Pratter authored 41 published opinions for the court (2004–2011). Most cited: Eastern Electric Corp. v. Shoemaker Construction Co. (59 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
2009	Eastern Electric Corp. v. Shoemaker Construction Co.	657 F. Supp. 2d 545	59
2009	Eastern Electric Corp. v. Shoemaker Construction Co.	652 F. Supp. 2d 599	47
2007	DeLa Cruz v. Piccari Press	521 F. Supp. 2d 424	47
2011	In Re Processed Egg Products Antitrust Litigation	821 F. Supp. 2d 709	40
2005	FMC Corp. v. AMVAC Chemical Corp.	379 F. Supp. 2d 733	34
2010	Bernhard v. Brown & Brown of Lehigh Valley, Inc.	720 F. Supp. 2d 694	24
2010	Serrano v. Sterling Testing Systems, Inc.	711 F. Supp. 2d 402	22
2009	Benckini v. Hawk	654 F. Supp. 2d 310	22
2007	Jones v. Astrue	570 F. Supp. 2d 708	18
2005	Allen v. JK HARRIS & CO., LLC	331 B.R. 634	18
2005	FMC Corp. v. Control Solutions, Inc.	369 F. Supp. 2d 539	18
2010	Byrne v. Cleveland Clinic	684 F. Supp. 2d 641	17
2008	Brill v. Marandola	540 F. Supp. 2d 563	16
2007	Pennsylvania v. Eli Lilly & Company, Inc.	511 F. Supp. 2d 576	16
2005	Fisher v. Advanta Finance Corp. (In Re Fisher)	320 B.R. 52	15

Showing the 15 most-cited of 41 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 Gene E.K. Pratter?: President George W. Bush appointed Gene E.K. Pratter to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in 2004.
Was Gene E.K. Pratter appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Gene E.K. Pratter was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Gene E.K. Pratter's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Gene E.K. Pratter 98–0 on June 15, 2004.
Which court was Gene E.K. Pratter on?: Gene E.K. Pratter was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Sources

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