Who appointed George Michael Marovich?

President Ronald Reagan appointed George Michael Marovich to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in 1988.

Was George Michael Marovich appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

George Michael Marovich was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was George Michael Marovich's confirmation vote?

George Michael Marovich was confirmed by voice vote on March 31, 1988. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Northern District of Illinois / Appointed 1988 / Senior status since 2000

George Michael Marovich

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

Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1988 and confirmed by voice vote, George Michael Marovich is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. He earned a law degree from University of Illinois College of Law in 1954. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1931 · age 95
Appointed by: Ronald Reagan, 1988
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: University of Illinois 1952 · University of Illinois College of Law 1954
Succeeded: Susan Christine O'Meara Getzendanner
Succeeded by: John W. Darrah

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1988	Northern District of Illinois succeeded Susan Christine O'Meara Getzendanner	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

University of Illinois	B.S.	1952
University of Illinois College of Law	J.D.	1954

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Marovich was assigned 4,369 district-court cases (1974–2014). Median time from filing to termination: 160 days across 4,367 closed cases.

Labor & ERISA18%

Civil rights17%

Real property15%

Contract13%

Prisoner & habeas10%

Other federal statutes9%

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 56 of Marovich’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 49 were affirmed, 7 reversed or vacated. 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, Marovich authored 91 published opinions for the court (1988–2011). Most cited: Taborski v. United States Internal Revenue Service (39 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
1992	Taborski v. United States Internal Revenue Service	141 B.R. 959	39
1990	ISC-Bunker Ramo Corp. v. Altech, Inc.	765 F. Supp. 1310	35
1990	American Centennial Insurance v. American Home Assurance Co.	729 F. Supp. 1228	24
1999	Technic Engineering, Ltd. v. Basic Envirotech, Inc.	53 F. Supp. 2d 1007	21
1993	Williams v. Katten, Muchin & Zavis	837 F. Supp. 1430	21
1992	United States Ex Rel. Hartigan v. Palumbo Bros.	797 F. Supp. 624	20
1989	Citibank, N.A. v. Park-Kenilworth Industries, Inc.	109 B.R. 321	20
1997	Anisimov v. Lake, D.D.S.	982 F. Supp. 531	19
1996	Taylor v. Taylor	199 B.R. 37	19
1993	Great Lakes Higher Education Corp. v. Austin Bank of Chicago	837 F. Supp. 892	18
1994	MCI Telecommunications Corp. v. Ameri-Tel, Inc.	852 F. Supp. 659	16
1997	Schwinn Cycling & Fitness Inc. v. Benonis	217 B.R. 790	15
1997	Leibowitz v. Parkway Bank and Trust Co.	210 B.R. 298	14
1992	Haley v. American International Life Assurance Co. of New York	789 F. Supp. 260	14
1991	Store Decor Division of Jas International, Inc. v. Stylex Worldwide Industries, Ltd.	767 F. Supp. 181	12

Showing the 15 most-cited of 91 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 George Michael Marovich?: President Ronald Reagan appointed George Michael Marovich to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in 1988.
Was George Michael Marovich appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: George Michael Marovich was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was George Michael Marovich's confirmation vote?: George Michael Marovich was confirmed by voice vote on March 31, 1988. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court is George Michael Marovich on?: George Michael Marovich is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Sources

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38 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).