Who appointed Gregory L. Frost?

President George W. Bush appointed Gregory L. Frost to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio in 2003.

Was Gregory L. Frost appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Gregory L. Frost was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Gregory L. Frost's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Gregory L. Frost 91–0 on March 10, 2003.

Southern District of Ohio / Appointed 2003 / Served to 2016

Gregory L. Frost

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2003 and confirmed by the Senate 91–0, Gregory L. Frost was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. He earned a law degree from Ohio Northern University, Claude W. Pettit College of Law in 1974. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1949 · age 77
Appointed by: George W. Bush, 2003
Confirmed: 91–0
Education: Wittenberg 1971 · Ohio Northern, Claude W. Pettit College of Law 1974
Succeeded: George Curtis Smith
Succeeded by: Sarah Daggett Morrison

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2003	Southern District of Ohio succeeded George Curtis Smith	G.W. Bush (R)	91–0

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

Confirmation vote

Nomination Confirmed 91–0 on March 10, 2003 · 108th Congress, Roll Call 44. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 91

42 D, 48 R, 1 I

Did not vote · 9

6 D, 3 R

Education

Wittenberg University	B.A.	1971
Ohio Northern University, Claude W. Pettit College of Law	J.D.	1974

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Frost was assigned 1,728 district-court cases (1995–2016). Median time from filing to termination: 206 days across 1,728 closed cases.

Civil rights20%

Labor & ERISA19%

Other federal statutes12%

Contract12%

Personal-injury torts8%

Prisoner & habeas7%

Other22%

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 158 of Frost’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 130 were affirmed, 13 reversed or vacated, and 15 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, Frost authored 64 published opinions for the court (2003–2011). Most cited: Baden-Winterwood v. Life Time Fitness (29 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
2007	Baden-Winterwood v. Life Time Fitness	484 F. Supp. 2d 822	29
2006	Key v. DSW, INC.	454 F. Supp. 2d 684	29
2011	Cooey v. Kasich	801 F. Supp. 2d 623	28
2010	Stack v. Karnes	750 F. Supp. 2d 892	18
2010	Zep Inc. v. Midwest Motor Supply Co.	726 F. Supp. 2d 818	17
2007	AMCO Insurance v. Lauren-Spencer, Inc.	500 F. Supp. 2d 721	15
2010	Ohio State University v. Thomas	738 F. Supp. 2d 743	12
2007	CareToLive v. Von Eschenbach	525 F. Supp. 2d 938	12
2007	Peabody Landscape Construction Inc. v. Schottenstein	371 B.R. 276	12
2010	Dorsey v. Banks	749 F. Supp. 2d 715	10
2010	Ferron v. METAREWARD, INC.	698 F. Supp. 2d 992	9
2005	Stojetz v. Ishee	389 F. Supp. 2d 858	9
2009	In Re Huntington Bancshares Inc. ERISA Litigation	620 F. Supp. 2d 842	8
2006	Cooey v. Taft	430 F. Supp. 2d 702	8
2010	Baden-Winterwood v. Life Time Fitness Inc.	729 F. Supp. 2d 965	7

Showing the 15 most-cited of 64 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 Gregory L. Frost?: President George W. Bush appointed Gregory L. Frost to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio in 2003.
Was Gregory L. Frost appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Gregory L. Frost was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Gregory L. Frost's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Gregory L. Frost 91–0 on March 10, 2003.
Which court was Gregory L. Frost on?: Gregory L. Frost was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.

Sources

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