Who appointed James I. Cohn?

President George W. Bush appointed James I. Cohn to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida in 2003.

Was James I. Cohn appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

James I. Cohn was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was James I. Cohn's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed James I. Cohn 96–0 on July 31, 2003.

Southern District of Florida / Appointed 2003 / Senior status since 2016

James I. Cohn

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

Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2003 and confirmed by the Senate 96–0, James I. Cohn is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. He earned a law degree from Samford University, Cumberland School of Law in 1974. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1948 · age 78
Appointed by: George W. Bush, 2003
Confirmed: 96–0
Education: University of Alabama 1971 · Samford, Cumberland Law 1974
Succeeded by: Anuraag Hari Singhal

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2003	Southern District of Florida	G.W. Bush (R)	96–0

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

Confirmation vote

Nomination Confirmed 96–0 on July 31, 2003 · 108th Congress, Roll Call 320. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 96

46 D, 49 R, 1 I

Did not vote · 4

2 D, 2 R

Education

University of Alabama	B.S.	1971
Samford University, Cumberland School of Law	J.D.	1974

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Cohn was assigned 5,249 district-court cases (1981–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 143 days across 5,234 closed cases.

Labor & ERISA18%

Civil rights17%

Contract14%

Prisoner & habeas14%

Other federal statutes13%

Personal-injury torts6%

Other17%

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 334 of Cohn’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 292 were affirmed, 28 reversed or vacated, and 14 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, Cohn authored 72 published opinions for the court (2003–2011). Most cited: PetMed Express, Inc. v. MedPets.Com, Inc. (138 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
2004	PetMed Express, Inc. v. MedPets.Com, Inc.	336 F. Supp. 2d 1213	138
2003	Arista Records, Inc. v. Beker Enterprises, Inc.	298 F. Supp. 2d 1310	94
2007	Berry v. Budget Rent a Car Systems, Inc.	497 F. Supp. 2d 1361	76
2010	Zarrella v. Pacific Life Insurance	755 F. Supp. 2d 1218	46
2009	Smith v. WM. WRIGLEY JR. CO.	663 F. Supp. 2d 1336	30
2011	Jovine v. Abbott Laboratories, Inc.	795 F. Supp. 2d 1331	22
2007	United States Ex Rel. Heater v. Holy Cross Hospital, Inc.	510 F. Supp. 2d 1027	21
2008	Pescatrice v. Orovitz	539 F. Supp. 2d 1375	16
2007	International Star Registry v. Omnipoint Marketing, LLC	510 F. Supp. 2d 1015	16
2004	Turner Greenberg Associates, Inc. v. C & C IMPORTS, INC.	320 F. Supp. 2d 1317	15
2010	Intercoastal Realty, Inc. v. Tracy	706 F. Supp. 2d 1325	12
2009	Domotor v. Wennet	630 F. Supp. 2d 1368	12
2005	Rudnick v. Sears, Roebuck and Co.	358 F. Supp. 2d 1201	12
2011	Zarrella v. Pacific Life Insurance	755 F. Supp. 2d 1231	11
2009	Continental Group, Inc. v. KW Property Management, LLC	622 F. Supp. 2d 1357	11

Showing the 15 most-cited of 72 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 James I. Cohn?: President George W. Bush appointed James I. Cohn to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida in 2003.
Was James I. Cohn appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: James I. Cohn was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was James I. Cohn's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed James I. Cohn 96–0 on July 31, 2003.
Which court is James I. Cohn on?: James I. Cohn is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Sources

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