Leonard D. Wexler
Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1983 and confirmed by voice vote, Leonard D. Wexler was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. He earned a law degree from New York University School of Law in 1950. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1924–2018
- Appointed by
- Ronald Reagan, 1983
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Indiana 1947 · New York Law 1950
- Succeeded
- George Cheney Pratt
- Succeeded by
- Nina Gershon
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Eastern District of New York succeeded George Cheney Pratt | Reagan (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
| Indiana University | B.S. | 1947 |
| New York University School of Law | J.D. | 1950 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Wexler was assigned 8,974 district-court cases (1980–2018). Median time from filing to termination: 314 days across 8,973 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 156 of Wexler’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 116 were affirmed, 17 reversed or vacated, and 23 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, Wexler authored 562 published opinions for the court (1983–2011). Most cited: Sobolewski v. Apfel (116 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Sobolewski v. Apfel | 985 F. Supp. 300 | 116 |
| 1986 | In Re Energy Systems Equipment Leasing Securities Litigation | 642 F. Supp. 718 | 71 |
| 1999 | Storck v. Suffolk County Department of Social Services | 62 F. Supp. 2d 927 | 65 |
| 1998 | Magee v. Nassau County Medical Center | 27 F. Supp. 2d 154 | 61 |
| 1993 | Oxford House, Inc. v. Town of Babylon | 819 F. Supp. 1179 | 51 |
| 1986 | Cain v. New York State Board of Elections | 630 F. Supp. 221 | 46 |
| 2011 | Statler v. Dell, Inc. | 775 F. Supp. 2d 474 | 45 |
| 1999 | Sorce v. Artuz | 73 F. Supp. 2d 292 | 44 |
| 1987 | Sherr v. Northport-East Northport Union Free School District | 672 F. Supp. 81 | 44 |
| 1983 | Simmons v. Rosenberg | 572 F. Supp. 823 | 36 |
| 2009 | Ilarraza v. Medtronic, Inc. | 677 F. Supp. 2d 582 | 34 |
| 1986 | Wheeler v. Kelly | 639 F. Supp. 1374 | 32 |
| 1999 | Coddington v. Adelphi University | 45 F. Supp. 2d 211 | 31 |
| 1993 | Blankman v. County of Nassau | 819 F. Supp. 198 | 30 |
| 1988 | Whitfield v. Tomasso | 682 F. Supp. 1287 | 30 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 562 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 Leonard D. Wexler?
- President Ronald Reagan appointed Leonard D. Wexler to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York in 1983.
- Was Leonard D. Wexler appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Leonard D. Wexler was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Leonard D. Wexler's confirmation vote?
- Leonard D. Wexler was confirmed by voice vote on June 22, 1983. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Leonard D. Wexler on?
- Leonard D. Wexler was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern 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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34 years on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).