John George Koeltl
Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1994 and confirmed by voice vote, John George Koeltl is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. He earned a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1971. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1945 · age 81
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton, 1994
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Georgetown 1967 · Harvard Law School 1971
- Succeeded
- Shirley Wohl Kram
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Southern District of New York succeeded Shirley Wohl Kram | Clinton (D) | 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
| Georgetown University | A.B. | 1967 |
| Harvard Law School | J.D. | 1971 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Koeltl was assigned 7,988 district-court cases (1986–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 203 days across 7,574 closed cases.
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 239 of Koeltl’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 198 were affirmed, 33 reversed or vacated, and 8 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, Koeltl authored 349 published opinions for the court (1994–2012). Most cited: Ghaly v. United States Department of Agriculture (252 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Ghaly v. United States Department of Agriculture | 228 F. Supp. 2d 283 | 252 |
| 2005 | In Re Eaton Vance Mutual Funds Fee Litigation | 380 F. Supp. 2d 222 | 123 |
| 1996 | Zorilla v. Chater | 915 F. Supp. 662 | 97 |
| 2004 | Ebewo v. Martinez | 309 F. Supp. 2d 600 | 78 |
| 1995 | PI, Inc. v. Quality Products, Inc. | 907 F. Supp. 752 | 75 |
| 1995 | Malsh v. Austin | 901 F. Supp. 757 | 59 |
| 2002 | In Re Buspirone Patent Litigation | 185 F. Supp. 2d 363 | 57 |
| 2008 | Collins v. Goord | 581 F. Supp. 2d 563 | 53 |
| 2003 | NAS Electronics, Inc. v. Transtech Electronics PTE Ltd. | 262 F. Supp. 2d 134 | 53 |
| 1995 | Wyant v. National Railroad Passenger Corp. | 881 F. Supp. 919 | 52 |
| 1996 | Butala v. Agashiwala | 916 F. Supp. 314 | 50 |
| 2001 | VTech Holdings Ltd. v. Lucent Technologies, Inc. | 172 F. Supp. 2d 435 | 48 |
| 1995 | Barnett v. International Business MacHines Corp. | 885 F. Supp. 581 | 48 |
| 2008 | Pure Power Boot Camp v. Warrior Fitness Boot Camp | 587 F. Supp. 2d 548 | 47 |
| 1995 | International Customs Associates, Inc. v. Ford Motor Co. | 893 F. Supp. 1251 | 47 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 349 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 John George Koeltl?
- President William J. Clinton appointed John George Koeltl to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in 1994.
- Was John George Koeltl appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- John George Koeltl was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was John George Koeltl's confirmation vote?
- John George Koeltl was confirmed by voice vote on August 9, 1994. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court is John George Koeltl on?
- John George Koeltl is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: Administrative Office of the United States Courts (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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32 years on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).