Who appointed Mark R. Filip?

President George W. Bush appointed Mark R. Filip to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in 2004.

Was Mark R. Filip appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Mark R. Filip was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Mark R. Filip's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Mark R. Filip 96–0 on February 4, 2004.

Northern District of Illinois / Appointed 2004 / Served to 2008

Mark R. Filip

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2004 and confirmed by the Senate 96–0, Mark R. Filip was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. He earned a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1992. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1966 · age 60
Appointed by: George W. Bush, 2004
Confirmed: 96–0
Education: University of Illinois 1988 · Harvard Law School 1992
Succeeded: Harry Daniel Leinenweber
Succeeded by: Sharon Johnson Coleman

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2004	Northern District of Illinois succeeded Harry Daniel Leinenweber	G.W. Bush (R)	96–0

Party letters show the appointing president’s party, not the judge’s own.

Confirmation vote

Nomination Confirmed 96–0 on February 4, 2004 · 108th Congress, Roll Call 8. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 96

44 D, 51 R, 1 I

Did not vote · 4

4 D

Education

University of Illinois	B.A.	1988
University of Oxford, Christ Church College	B.A., law	1990
Harvard Law School	J.D.	1992

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Filip was assigned 863 district-court cases (1998–2008). Median time from filing to termination: 130 days across 862 closed cases.

Labor & ERISA23%

Civil rights20%

Other federal statutes17%

Contract11%

Intellectual property7%

Real property6%

Other17%

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 14 of Filip’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 10 were affirmed, 1 reversed or vacated, and 3 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, Filip authored 32 published opinions for the court (2004–2008). Most cited: Flentye v. Kathrein (42 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	Flentye v. Kathrein	485 F. Supp. 2d 903	42
2005	Solaia Technology LLC v. ArvinMeritor, Inc.	361 F. Supp. 2d 797	26
2006	Amakua Development LLC v. Warner	411 F. Supp. 2d 941	21
2005	Costa v. Mauro Chevrolet, Inc.	390 F. Supp. 2d 720	20
2005	Stolarczyk v. Senator International Freight Forwarding, LLC	376 F. Supp. 2d 834	18
2007	Byrd-Tolson v. Supervalu, Inc.	500 F. Supp. 2d 962	16
2005	REP MCR Realty, L.L.C. v. Lynch	363 F. Supp. 2d 984	16
2005	Phillips v. Raymond Corp.	364 F. Supp. 2d 730	15
2008	Vazquez v. Central States Joint Board	547 F. Supp. 2d 833	14
2006	Yoon Ja Kim v. Sara Lee Bakery Group, Inc.	412 F. Supp. 2d 929	14
2005	Walden v. City of Chicago	391 F. Supp. 2d 660	14
2004	Wallace v. Masterson	345 F. Supp. 2d 917	7
2004	Davit v. Davit	366 F. Supp. 2d 641	7
2007	Jacobs v. Xerox Corp. Long Term Disability Income Plan	520 F. Supp. 2d 1022	6
2007	Higbee v. Malleris	470 F. Supp. 2d 845	6

Showing the 15 most-cited of 32 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 R. Filip?: President George W. Bush appointed Mark R. Filip to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in 2004.
Was Mark R. Filip appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Mark R. Filip was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Mark R. Filip's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Mark R. Filip 96–0 on February 4, 2004.
Which court was Mark R. Filip on?: Mark R. Filip was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Sources

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