Who appointed Lee Hyman Rosenthal?

President George H.W. Bush appointed Lee Hyman Rosenthal to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas in 1992.

Was Lee Hyman Rosenthal appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Lee Hyman Rosenthal was appointed by President George H.W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Lee Hyman Rosenthal's confirmation vote?

Lee Hyman Rosenthal was confirmed by voice vote on May 12, 1992. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Southern District of Texas / Appointed 1992 / Senior status since 2024

Lee Hyman Rosenthal

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Appointed by President George H.W. Bush in 1992 and confirmed by voice vote, Lee Hyman Rosenthal is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. She earned a law degree from University of Chicago Law School in 1977. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1952 · age 74
Appointed by: George H.W. Bush, 1992
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: University of Chicago 1974 · University of Chicago Law School 1977

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1992	Southern District of Texas	G.H.W. Bush (R)	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

University of Chicago	B.A.	1974
University of Chicago Law School	J.D.	1977

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Rosenthal was assigned 11,478 district-court cases (1971–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 202 days across 10,400 closed cases.

Prisoner & habeas20%

Other civil matters19%

Contract15%

Civil rights9%

Personal-injury torts9%

Labor & ERISA8%

Other20%

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 461 of Rosenthal’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 364 were affirmed, 52 reversed or vacated, and 45 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, Rosenthal authored 202 published opinions for the court (1992–2011). Most cited: Rimkus Consulting Group, Inc. v. Cammarata (155 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	Rimkus Consulting Group, Inc. v. Cammarata	688 F. Supp. 2d 598	155
2001	Matagorda Ventures, Inc. v. Travelers Lloyds Insurance	203 F. Supp. 2d 704	60
2010	McKnight v. D. Houston, Inc.	756 F. Supp. 2d 794	50
1999	Quantum Fitness Corp. v. Quantum Lifestyle Centers, L.L.C.	83 F. Supp. 2d 810	45
2007	Williams v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc.	504 F. Supp. 2d 176	43
2001	United States Ex Rel. Wilkins v. North American Construction Corp.	173 F. Supp. 2d 601	42
2007	Smith v. AMERICAN FOUNDERS FINANCIAL, CORP.	365 B.R. 647	40
2010	US Ex Rel. Bennett v. Medtronic, Inc.	747 F. Supp. 2d 745	37
2010	Bittinger v. Wells Fargo Bank NA	744 F. Supp. 2d 619	35
1996	Alter v. Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc.	944 F. Supp. 531	31
2003	United States Ex Rel. Graves v. ITT Educational Services, Inc.	284 F. Supp. 2d 487	29
2006	Werner v. KPMG LLP	415 F. Supp. 2d 688	28
2002	Great American Insurance v. Calli Homes, Inc.	236 F. Supp. 2d 693	27
1999	Houston Trial Reports, Inc. v. LRP Publications, Inc.	85 F. Supp. 2d 663	27
1993	United States v. Lile (In Re Lile)	161 B.R. 788	27

Showing the 15 most-cited of 202 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 Lee Hyman Rosenthal?: President George H.W. Bush appointed Lee Hyman Rosenthal to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas in 1992.
Was Lee Hyman Rosenthal appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Lee Hyman Rosenthal was appointed by President George H.W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Lee Hyman Rosenthal's confirmation vote?: Lee Hyman Rosenthal was confirmed by voice vote on May 12, 1992. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court is Lee Hyman Rosenthal on?: Lee Hyman Rosenthal is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Sources

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