Who appointed Mark Allen Barnett?

President Barack Obama appointed Mark Allen Barnett to the U.S. Court of International Trade in 2013.

Was Mark Allen Barnett appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Mark Allen Barnett was appointed by President Barack Obama, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Mark Allen Barnett's confirmation vote?

Mark Allen Barnett was confirmed by voice vote on May 23, 2013. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

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Mark Allen Barnett

Judge, U.S. Court of International Trade

Appointed by President Barack Obama in 2013 and confirmed by voice vote, Mark Allen Barnett is a Judge on the U.S. Court of International Trade. He earned a law degree from University of Michigan Law School in 1988. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1963 · age 63
Appointed by: Barack Obama, 2013
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Dickinson College 1985 · University of Michigan Law School 1988
Succeeded: Judith Morgenstern Barzilay

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2013	U.S. Court of International Trade succeeded Judith Morgenstern Barzilay	Obama (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

Dickinson College	B.A.	1985
University of Michigan Law School	J.D.	1988

Judicial Record

In our data, Barnett authored 86 published opinions for the court (2014–2025). Most cited: Jacobi Carbons AB and Jacobi Carbons, Inc. v. United States (16 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
2017	Jacobi Carbons AB and Jacobi Carbons, Inc. v. United States	222 F. Supp. 3d 1159	16
2018	Jacobi Carbons AB v. United States	313 F. Supp. 3d 1308	8
2014	Siemens Energy, Inc. v. United States	992 F. Supp. 2d 1315	8
2015	American Power Pull Corp. v. United States	121 F. Supp. 3d 1296	7
2014	Otter Products, LLC v. United States	37 F. Supp. 3d 1306	7
2020	Habaş Sinai ve Tibbi Gazlar Istihsal Endüstrisi, A.Ş. v. United States	439 F. Supp. 3d 1342	6
2018	Jacobi Carbons AB v. United States	313 F. Supp. 3d 1344	6
2016	United States v. Univar USA, Inc.	195 F. Supp. 3d 1312	6
2016	United States v. International Trading Services, LLC	190 F. Supp. 3d 1263	6
2023	Vietnam Finewood Co. Ltd. v. United States	633 F. Supp. 3d 1243	5
2023	Env't One Corp. v. United States	627 F. Supp. 3d 1349	5
2019	Jacobi Carbons AB v. United States	365 F. Supp. 3d 1344	5
2017	United States v. International Trading Services, LLC	222 F. Supp. 3d 1325	5
2017	Allstar Marketing Group, LLC v. United States	211 F. Supp. 3d 1319	5
2016	Itochu Building Products, Co. v. United States	163 F. Supp. 3d 1330	5

Showing the 15 most-cited of 86 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 Mark Allen Barnett?: President Barack Obama appointed Mark Allen Barnett to the U.S. Court of International Trade in 2013.
Was Mark Allen Barnett appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Mark Allen Barnett was appointed by President Barack Obama, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Mark Allen Barnett's confirmation vote?: Mark Allen Barnett was confirmed by voice vote on May 23, 2013. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court is Mark Allen Barnett on?: Mark Allen Barnett is a Judge on the U.S. Court of International Trade.

Sources

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13 years on the U.S. Court of International Trade. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).