Who appointed Joel A. Pisano?

President William J. Clinton appointed Joel A. Pisano to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey in 2000.

Was Joel A. Pisano appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Joel A. Pisano was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Joel A. Pisano's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Joel A. Pisano 95–2 on February 10, 2000.

District of New Jersey / Appointed 2000 / Served to 2015

Joel A. Pisano

Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 2000 and confirmed by the Senate 95–2, Joel A. Pisano was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. He earned a law degree from Seton Hall University School of Law in 1974. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1949–2021
Appointed by: William J. Clinton, 2000
Confirmed: 95–2
Education: Lafayette College 1971 · Seton Hall Law 1974
Succeeded: Maryanne Trump Barry
Succeeded by: John Michael Vazquez

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2000	District of New Jersey succeeded Maryanne Trump Barry	Clinton (D)	95–2

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

Confirmation vote

Nomination Confirmed 95–2 on February 10, 2000 · 106th Congress, Roll Call 11. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 95

44 D, 51 R

Voted against · 2

2 R

James Inhofe(R-OK)
Bob Smith(R-NH)

Did not vote · 3

1 D, 2 R

Education

Lafayette College	B.A.	1971
Seton Hall University School of Law	J.D.	1974

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Pisano was assigned 4,542 district-court cases (1993–2015). Median time from filing to termination: 168 days across 4,540 closed cases.

Contract18%

Personal-injury torts17%

Civil rights13%

Labor & ERISA12%

Prisoner & habeas12%

Other federal statutes10%

Other18%

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 143 of Pisano’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 119 were affirmed, 18 reversed or vacated, and 6 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, Pisano authored 55 published opinions for the court (1993–2010). Most cited: Morisky v. Public Service Electric & Gas Co. (112 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
2000	Morisky v. Public Service Electric & Gas Co.	111 F. Supp. 2d 493	112
1997	Zarow-Smith v. New Jersey Transit Rail Operations, Inc.	953 F. Supp. 581	71
2006	Buying for the Home, LLC v. Humble Abode, LLC	459 F. Supp. 2d 310	35
1994	Abrams v. Lightolier, Inc.	841 F. Supp. 584	29
2006	Yang v. Odom	409 F. Supp. 2d 599	20
2010	Wyeth v. Abbott Laboratories	692 F. Supp. 2d 453	19
1998	Expediters International of Washington, Inc. v. Direct Line Cargo Management Services, Inc.	995 F. Supp. 468	18
2004	In Re Lucent Technologies Inc., Securities Litigation	307 F. Supp. 2d 633	16
2001	Hansell v. City of Atlantic City	152 F. Supp. 2d 589	15
2005	In Re Royal Dutch/Shell Transport Securities Litigation	404 F. Supp. 2d 605	14
2004	In Re Lucent Technologies, Inc., Securities Lit.	327 F. Supp. 2d 426	14
2001	Eastampton Center, LLC v. Township of Eastampton	155 F. Supp. 2d 102	13
2006	LaSala v. Bordier Et Cie	452 F. Supp. 2d 575	12
1995	Woods Corporate Associates v. Signet Star Holdings, Inc.	910 F. Supp. 1019	12
1994	Fishbein Family Partnership v. PPG Industries, Inc.	871 F. Supp. 764	12

Showing the 15 most-cited of 55 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 Joel A. Pisano?: President William J. Clinton appointed Joel A. Pisano to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey in 2000.
Was Joel A. Pisano appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Joel A. Pisano was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Joel A. Pisano's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Joel A. Pisano 95–2 on February 10, 2000.
Which court was Joel A. Pisano on?: Joel A. Pisano was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Sources

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