Who appointed James L. Robart?

President George W. Bush appointed James L. Robart to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington in 2004.

Was James L. Robart appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

James L. Robart 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 L. Robart's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed James L. Robart 99–0 on June 17, 2004.

Western District of Washington / Appointed 2004 / Senior status since 2016

James L. Robart

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2004 and confirmed by the Senate 99–0, James L. Robart is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. He earned a law degree from Georgetown University Law Center in 1973. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1947 · age 79
Appointed by: George W. Bush, 2004
Confirmed: 99–0
Education: Whitman College 1969 · Georgetown Law Center 1973
Succeeded: Thomas Samuel Zilly
Succeeded by: John Hyungseung Chun

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2004	Western District of Washington succeeded Thomas Samuel Zilly	G.W. Bush (R)	99–0

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

Confirmation vote

Nomination Confirmed 99–0 on June 17, 2004 · 108th Congress, Roll Call 126. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 99

47 D, 51 R, 1 I

Did not vote · 1

1 D

John Kerry(D-MA)

Education

Whitman College	B.A.	1969
Georgetown University Law Center	J.D.	1973

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Robart was assigned 4,045 district-court cases (2001–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 161 days across 3,767 closed cases.

Other civil matters21%

Labor & ERISA12%

Contract11%

Other federal statutes10%

Prisoner & habeas8%

Personal-injury torts8%

Other30%

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 407 of Robart’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 241 were affirmed, 56 reversed or vacated, and 110 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, Robart authored 50 published opinions for the court (2005–2011). Most cited: Carideo v. Dell, Inc. (28 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
2010	Carideo v. Dell, Inc.	706 F. Supp. 2d 1122	28
2010	Vawter v. Quality Loan Service Corp. of Washington	707 F. Supp. 2d 1115	25
2007	Blaylock v. First American Title Insurance	504 F. Supp. 2d 1091	21
2011	Pacific Bioscience Laboratories, Inc. v. Pretika Corp.	760 F. Supp. 2d 1061	17
2010	National Products, Inc. v. Gamber-Johnson LLC	699 F. Supp. 2d 1232	15
2011	Knight v. Brown	797 F. Supp. 2d 1107	12
2009	Shannahan v. Internal Revenue Service	637 F. Supp. 2d 902	12
2011	Mandelas v. Daniel N. Gordon, PC	785 F. Supp. 2d 951	11
2006	Singh v. Gonzales	448 F. Supp. 2d 1214	9
2010	Tilden-Coil Constructors, Inc. v. Landmark American Insurance	721 F. Supp. 2d 1007	8
2011	Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc. v. Evergreen Moneysource Mortgage Co.	793 F. Supp. 2d 1189	7
2011	Amazon.com, Inc. v. National Ass'n of College Stores, Inc.	826 F. Supp. 2d 1242	6
2010	SaleHoo Group, Ltd. v. ABC CO.	722 F. Supp. 2d 1210	6
2009	In Re Section 16 (B) Litigation	602 F. Supp. 2d 1202	5
2005	Valeo Intellectual Property, Inc. v. Data Depth Corp.	368 F. Supp. 2d 1121	5

Showing the 15 most-cited of 50 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 L. Robart?: President George W. Bush appointed James L. Robart to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington in 2004.
Was James L. Robart appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: James L. Robart 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 L. Robart's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed James L. Robart 99–0 on June 17, 2004.
Which court is James L. Robart on?: James L. Robart is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.

Sources

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