Who appointed Judith Morgenstern Barzilay?

President William J. Clinton appointed Judith Morgenstern Barzilay to the U.S. Court of International Trade in 1998.

Was Judith Morgenstern Barzilay appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Judith Morgenstern Barzilay was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Judith Morgenstern Barzilay's confirmation vote?

Judith Morgenstern Barzilay was confirmed by voice vote on March 11, 1998. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

U.S. Court of International Trade / Appointed 1998 / Senior status since 2011

Judith Morgenstern Barzilay

Judge, U.S. Court of International Trade

Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1998 and confirmed by voice vote, Judith Morgenstern Barzilay is a Judge on the U.S. Court of International Trade. She earned a law degree from Rutgers School of Law -- Newark in 1981. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1944 · age 82
Appointed by: William J. Clinton, 1998
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Wichita State 1965 · Rutgers Law -- Newark 1981
Succeeded: Dominick L. DiCarlo
Succeeded by: Mark Allen Barnett

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1998	U.S. Court of International Trade succeeded Dominick L. DiCarlo	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

Wichita State University	B.A.	1965
Rutgers University, School of Library and Information Science	M.L.S.	1971
Rutgers School of Law -- Newark	J.D.	1981

Before the bench

Professional career before and outside the federal bench, as recorded by the Federal Judicial Center.

High school teacher, Wichita, Kansas, Lawrenceville, New Jersey, and Hamilton Township, New Jersey	1965-1967, 1968-1969
Librarian, Selden, New York, Woodbridge, New Jersey, Somerville, New Jersey, and East Brunswick, New Jersey	1971-1978
Law clerk, Hon. Robert Tarleton, Superior Court of New Jersey	1981-1982
Private practice, Wayne, New Jersey	1982-1983
Trial attorney, International Trade Field Office, U.S. Department of Justice, New York City	1983-1986
Private practice, New York City	1986-1988
Sony Electronics, Inc., Park Ridge, New Jersey, 1988-1998; senior attorney, 1988-1989; vice president, import-export operations, 1989-1995; vice president, government affairs	1996-1998
Member, Treasury Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of the U.S. Customs Service	1995-1998

Judicial Record

In our data, Barzilay authored 115 published opinions for the court (1998–2015). Most cited: Shakeproof Assembly Components Division of Illinois Tool Works, Inc. v. United States (32 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
1999	Shakeproof Assembly Components Division of Illinois Tool Works, Inc. v. United States	59 F. Supp. 2d 1354	32
2004	Former Employees of Electronic Data Systems Corp. v. United States Secretary of Labor	350 F. Supp. 2d 1282	25
2010	Essar Steel Ltd. v. United States	721 F. Supp. 2d 1285	24
2003	China National MacHinery Import & Export Corp. v. United States	264 F. Supp. 2d 1229	24
2001	Usec, Inc. v. United States	132 F. Supp. 2d 1	22
2014	JBF RAK LLC v. United States	991 F. Supp. 2d 1343	20
2009	United States Steel Corp. v. United States	637 F. Supp. 2d 1199	18
2008	Nsk Corp. v. United States	593 F. Supp. 2d 1355	18
2002	Former Employees of Marathon Ashland Pipeline, LLC v. Chao	215 F. Supp. 2d 1345	18
2000	Shakeproof Assembly Components Division of Illinois Tool Works, Inc. v. United States	102 F. Supp. 2d 486	18
1999	Heartland By-Products, Inc. v. United States	74 F. Supp. 2d 1324	18
2008	Nsk Corp. v. United States	577 F. Supp. 2d 1322	16
2013	Archer Daniels Midland Co. v. United States	917 F. Supp. 2d 1331	14
2004	Slater Steels Corp. v. United States	316 F. Supp. 2d 1368	13
2005	Former Employees of IBM Corp. v. United States Secretary of Labor	387 F. Supp. 2d 1346	12

Showing the 15 most-cited of 115 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 Judith Morgenstern Barzilay?: President William J. Clinton appointed Judith Morgenstern Barzilay to the U.S. Court of International Trade in 1998.
Was Judith Morgenstern Barzilay appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Judith Morgenstern Barzilay was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Judith Morgenstern Barzilay's confirmation vote?: Judith Morgenstern Barzilay was confirmed by voice vote on March 11, 1998. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court is Judith Morgenstern Barzilay on?: Judith Morgenstern Barzilay is a Judge on the U.S. Court of International Trade.

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28 years on the U.S. Court of International Trade. Data as of 2026-09-28. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).