Lynn S. Adelman
Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1997 and confirmed by voice vote, Lynn S. Adelman is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. He earned a law degree from Columbia Law School in 1965. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1939 · age 87
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton, 1997
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Princeton 1961 · Columbia Law School 1965
- Succeeded
- Thomas John Curran
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Eastern District of Wisconsin succeeded Thomas John Curran | 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
| Princeton University | A.B. | 1961 |
| Columbia Law School | LL.B. | 1965 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Adelman was assigned 5,736 district-court cases (1974–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 203 days across 5,109 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 345 of Adelman’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 270 were affirmed, 49 reversed or vacated, and 26 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, Adelman authored 423 published opinions for the court (1998–2011). Most cited: Koester v. Astrue (95 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Koester v. Astrue | 482 F. Supp. 2d 1078 | 95 |
| 2004 | Brown v. Barnhart | 298 F. Supp. 2d 773 | 70 |
| 2005 | United States v. Ranum | 353 F. Supp. 2d 984 | 57 |
| 2005 | United States v. Galvez-Barrios | 355 F. Supp. 2d 958 | 52 |
| 2005 | United States v. Smith | 359 F. Supp. 2d 771 | 47 |
| 2001 | Meyers v. Bayer AG | 143 F. Supp. 2d 1044 | 44 |
| 2002 | Doty v. Doyle | 182 F. Supp. 2d 750 | 41 |
| 1998 | U.S. Ex Rel. Lamers v. City of Green Bay | 998 F. Supp. 971 | 40 |
| 2005 | Masch v. Barnhart | 406 F. Supp. 2d 1038 | 39 |
| 2004 | Anderson v. Wisconsin Central Transportation Co. | 327 F. Supp. 2d 969 | 36 |
| 2001 | Dominguese v. Massanari | 172 F. Supp. 2d 1087 | 36 |
| 1998 | Abraham v. Piechowski | 13 F. Supp. 2d 870 | 35 |
| 1998 | Budgetel Inns, Inc. v. Micros Systems, Inc. | 8 F. Supp. 2d 1137 | 33 |
| 2004 | Lechner v. Barnhart | 321 F. Supp. 2d 1015 | 32 |
| 2001 | Bukowski v. Patel | 266 B.R. 838 | 32 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 423 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 Lynn S. Adelman?
- President William J. Clinton appointed Lynn S. Adelman to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin in 1997.
- Was Lynn S. Adelman appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Lynn S. Adelman was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Lynn S. Adelman's confirmation vote?
- Lynn S. Adelman was confirmed by voice vote on November 13, 1997. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court is Lynn S. Adelman on?
- Lynn S. Adelman is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle (Milwaukee) (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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28 years on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).