Who appointed Joseph Frank Bianco?

President Donald J. Trump appointed Joseph Frank Bianco to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in 2019.

Was Joseph Frank Bianco appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Joseph Frank Bianco was appointed by President Donald J. Trump, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Joseph Frank Bianco's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Joseph Frank Bianco 54–42 on May 8, 2019.

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Joseph Frank Bianco

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Appointed by President Donald J. Trump in 2019 and confirmed by the Senate 54–42, Joseph Frank Bianco is a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He earned a law degree from Columbia Law School in 1991. He previously served on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1966 · age 60
Appointed by: Donald J. Trump, 2019
Confirmed: 54–42
Education: Georgetown 1988 · Columbia Law School 1991
Succeeded: Reena Raggi

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2006	Eastern District of New York succeeded Denis Reagan Hurley	G.W. Bush (R)	Voice vote
2019	Second Circuit succeeded Reena Raggi	Trump (R)	54–42

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

Nomination Confirmed 54–42 on May 8, 2019 · 116th Congress, Roll Call 99. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 54

2 D, 52 R

Voted against · 42

40 D, 2 I

Did not vote · 4

3 D, 1 R

Education

Georgetown University	B.A.	1988
Columbia Law School	J.D.	1991
Seminary of the Immaculate Conception	M.A.	2013

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Bianco was assigned 3,206 district-court cases (1994–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 248 days across 3,194 closed cases.

Other federal statutes18%

Labor & ERISA18%

Civil rights16%

Contract12%

Prisoner & habeas9%

Personal-injury torts8%

Other19%

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 141 of Bianco’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 124 were affirmed, 9 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, Bianco authored 136 published opinions for the court (2006–2011). Most cited: Vassallo Ex Rel. K v. v. Lando (88 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
2008	Vassallo Ex Rel. K v. v. Lando	591 F. Supp. 2d 172	88
2010	Balodis v. Leavitt	704 F. Supp. 2d 255	85
2010	Swiatkowski v. Citibank	745 F. Supp. 2d 150	71
2006	Ostroski v. Town of Southold	443 F. Supp. 2d 325	67
2011	DeSilva v. North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, Inc.	770 F. Supp. 2d 497	62
2011	Anilao v. Spota	774 F. Supp. 2d 457	60
2010	Stair v. Calhoun	722 F. Supp. 2d 258	57
2011	Weiss v. INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF SAG HARBOR	762 F. Supp. 2d 560	56
2011	Frisenda v. INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF MALVERNE	775 F. Supp. 2d 486	55
2010	Castro v. County of Nassau	739 F. Supp. 2d 153	54
2010	Young v. Suffolk County	705 F. Supp. 2d 183	54
2010	Moreo v. Rossi (In Re Moreo)	437 B.R. 40	50
2007	Blake v. Race	487 F. Supp. 2d 187	50
2010	Carthew v. County of Suffolk	709 F. Supp. 2d 188	49
2008	Adler v. Ng (In Re Adler)	395 B.R. 827	43

Showing the 15 most-cited of 136 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 Joseph Frank Bianco?: President Donald J. Trump appointed Joseph Frank Bianco to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in 2019.
Was Joseph Frank Bianco appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Joseph Frank Bianco was appointed by President Donald J. Trump, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Joseph Frank Bianco's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Joseph Frank Bianco 54–42 on May 8, 2019.
Which court is Joseph Frank Bianco on?: Joseph Frank Bianco is a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

Sources

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7 years on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).